of Iowa · from Switzerland · documented from the public record
The family in the record
Peter Abegglen 1811 – 1893
Peter Abegglen⚭ Maggie Abegglen
childrenCrist Abegglen · Margaret Abegglen · Gottlieb Abegglen · John Abegglen · Elizabeth Abegglen · Fred Abegglen · Anna Abegglen
Source: Biographical and genealogical history of Appanoose and Monroe counties, Iowa
Their story
What the record says
Farmer in a valley of Switzerland.
Brought family to America in 1855, settling in Ripley county, Indiana until 1869, then Monroe county, Iowa.
Died 1893 at age 82 (hence birth ~1811, estimated).
Devout Lutheran.
Wife Maggie also deceased.
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