GENEAL-FORUM

Koch have been citizens in (todays) canton St.Gallen since before 1800 in Alt St.Johann, Niederhelfenschwil, Waldkirch and Wildhaus. A family of Alt St.Johann lived for a short while in Wartau SG.

Excerpt from the Wartau and Azmoos Genealogies, compiled by Jakob Kuratli (copies at Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana, St.Gallen, signature VS q 251/4-8 and 11-12).

The numbers "A/B" are taken from Kuratli and represent
A = number of husband (Wartau genealogies, unless Azmoos indicated by Az)
B = number of husband's parents

Az450 / Az255
Leonhard Koch, born 15 / baptised 18 Aug 1799
marries(I) 18 Dec 1821 Azmoos
Anna Müller, daughter of Jacob (Nr.Az199? [no suitable Anna mentioned with this family, however]), died 16 Sep 1823, aged 24 years and 3 months from “Auszehrung” (cachexia).
No children from this marriage

marries(II) 27 Jan 1829 Azmoos
Magdalena Müller, born 31 Mar / baptised 08 Apr 1810, daughter of Andreas (Nr.Az285) and Christina Flütsch.

Children:
17/23 Jul 1829 Johannes
05/12 Sep 1830 Andreas
07/08 Dec 1833 Leonhard
29 Jan / 04 Feb 1838 Jacob
15/21 Sep 1845 Gottlieb

On 20 Feb 1851 Leonhard emigrates with his entire family to Northern America, where he runs a bicycle shop.

Az255 / no further generation
Johannes Koch, citizen of Alt St.Johann, mentioned in Azmoos 1814 as “Zimmermeister” (carpenter), born 31 May 1773, died 25 / buried 27 Jul 1829 from “Schlag”
marries(I) 12 Aug 1798 Azmoos
Elisabetha Tischhauser, born 22 / baptised 24 Sep 1772, daughter of Leonhard (Nr.Az99), died 18 Jan 1818 from “Seitenstich”.

Children:
18 Aug 1799 Leonhard (Nr.Az450)
10 Aug 1806 Baby boy (died same day)
22/24 Sep 1809 Jakob (Nr.Az535) marries Catharina Müller
22 Jan 1812 still born boy, buried 24 Jan 1812
02/06 Feb 1813 Johannes, died 07 Feb 1813

marries(II) 14 Feb 1820 Azmoos
Barbara Sulser, born 17 Brachmonat [Jun] 1781, daughter of Alexander (Nr.Az150), died 31 Oct / bruried 02 Nov 1858 from “Kopfwassersucht”

Children:
03 Sep 1820 Catharina, marries Buchs 15 Nov 1853 Georg Schlegel (Nr.Az789) from Azmoos, died 10 / buried 12 Apr 1906

This is an outline of my Koch Ancestry who immigrated to the United States of American in 1851.
Leonard (A) and Magdalena (Muller) Koch, from St. Gallen Canton, and five children (B, C, D, E, F) sailed from LeHavre aboard the Lexington and landed in New Orleans, Louisiana USA on 4-7-1851. They traveled up the Mississippi River and settled in Davenport, Iowa. Their descendants are listed below. More detailed information is available for some of these people. I am interested in meeting Koch descendants who live in Switzerland. Please contact me with your questions or comments in this forum or by PM/PN.
Thank you.

1 - Johannes Koch 1773 – 1829, his wife Elisabeth Tischhauser 1772 – 1818 – My 3X great grandparents
A - Their son: Leonard 1799 – 1879, his 1st wife Anna Muller 1799 – 1823
No children
his 2nd wife Magdalena Muller 1810 - ? – My 2X great grandparents
Their children:
B - Johannes 1829 – 1923
C - Andreas 1830 – ?
D - Leonard 1833 – 1923
E - Jacob 1838 -1870
F -William Gottlieb 1845 – 1921
G - Anna 1852 – ?

B – Johannes Koch 1829 - 1923, his wife Dorathea Litscher 1840 – 1880.
Their children:
Anna 1862 – 1947
Margaretha 1863 – 1930
Dorothea 1865 – 1913
Leonhard 1867 – 1955
John 1868 – 1916
Magdalena 1876 – 1961
Christian 1875 – 1965
Bernhard 1876 – 1970
Heinrich 1878 – 1923
Amy 1880 – 1880

C – Andreas 1830 – ?
No information

D – Leonard 1833- 1923, his wife Rosina Schroepfer 1844 – 1923
Their children:
Leonard 1865 – 1929
Charles 1866 – 1938
John 1868 – 1897
Rosa 1870 – 1943
Edward 1872 – 1929
William 1874 – 1938
Benjamin Franklin 1876 – 1942
Anna 1878 – 1950
Ida 1880- 1957
Margareth 1882 – ?
Nellie 1885 – 1918

E – Jacob 1838 -1870, his wife Katherina Weierhauser 1844 – 1931
Their children:
Anna 1866 -1966
John 1868 – 1962
Henry 1870 – 1945
August 1872 – 1977

F – William Gottlieb 1845 – 1921, his wife Louise Schroepfer – My great grandparents
Their children:
Louise 1869 – 1935
Leonhard 1871 – 1872
Emma 1874 – 1932
F1 Anna Emelia 1879 – 1956 – My Grandmother
Oscar 1882 – 1887

G – Anna 1852 – ?, her husband John Rupf 1844 – 1910
Their children:
Leo 1882 – 1938
Edwin 1886 – ?

F1 Anna Emelia 1879 – 1956, her husband John C Minnick – My grandparents
Their child:
Louise Ann 1920 – 2005, her husband Joseph Bronson Dooley – My parents

Descendants from Heinrich Koch to Johannes Koch-Elisabeth Tischhauser

1. Heinrich Koch ?
married 19.8.1646 Wildhaus with Anna Forrer ?
Children:
1.1 Regula 12.6.1647 marr. 29.4.1668 Wildhaus Joseph Steiner 21.11.1642
1.2 Elsbeth 16.11.1648
1.3 Ursula 11.2.1652 marr. 31.10.1677 Wildhaus Ulrich Reich ?
1.4 Samuel 25.4.1654 marr. 30.7.1673 Wildhaus Els Forrer 2.4.1656, 3 ch.
1.5 Elsbeth 16.6.1656
1.6 Heinrich 22.8.1662

2. Heinrich Koch 22.8.1662-1.12.1737
married 9.2.1698 Wildhaus Maria Forrer 28.12.1663-28.3.1742
Children:
2.1 Heinrich 18.8.1698-22.1.1745
2.2 Johannes 10.2.1700-26.8.1774 marr. 12.5.1737 Wildhaus Margret Feurer

II.marr. 14.4.1739 Wildhaus Dorothea Knaus, 6 ch.
2.3 Claus 8.2.1706-26.2.1759 marr. 16.10.1742 Wildhaus Elsbeth Forrer, 7 ch.
2.4 Caspar 3.2.1709

3. Caspar Koch 3.2.1709-4.8.1764
married 26.5.1739 Wildhaus Margretha Forrer ?
Children:
3.1 Hans Jacob 17.3.1740
3.2 Heinrich16.2.1741-25.3.1741
3.3 Anna Maria 1.3.1742-10.12.1809 marr. 2.12.1765 Wildhaus Michael Ammann 7.2.1734-24.7.1800, 11 ch.
3.4 Johannes 24.6.1743-20.1.1744
3.5 Verena 2.6.1744-23.6.1815 marr. 9.4.1763 Wildhaus Jakob Ammann 30.9.1738-18.6.1815, 10 ch.
3.6 Barbara 15.8.1745-28.81817 marr. 3.6.1787 Wildhaus Jakob Forrer ?
3.7 Johannes 18.10.1746
3.8 Johannes 16.11.1747-18.2.1816
3.9 Elsbeth 3.9.1749
3.10 Elsbeth 16.12.1851-8.101794 marr. 7.11.1786 Wildhaus Niklaus Bolt 11.3.1762-12.9.1825, 4 ch.

4. Hans Jacob Koch 17.3.1740-8.7.1794
married 16.11.1762 Wildhaus Susanna Schaffluetzel 30.1.1743-13.3.1825
Children:
4.1 Hans Caspar 3.10.1763-19.5.1774
4.2 Michael 26.7.1765-12.6.1837
4.3 Joseph 17.6.1767-4.2.1848 marr. 29.10.1793 Wildhaus Elsbeth Heel 27.4.1767-9.7.1816, 1 ch.
4.4. Jakob 24.12.1769-11.11.1854 marr. 10.11.1795 Wildhaus Margreth Forrer 16.4.1772-24.10.1840, 4 ch.
4.5 Johannes 31.5.1773-25.7.1829 marr. 21.8.1798 Azmoos Elisabeth Tischhauser 22.9.1772-18.1.1818, 5 ch.
4.6 Hans Caspar 15.8.1775-12.2.1800
4.7 Ursula 2.5.1777-20.2.1817 marr. 19.4.1803 Alt St.Johann Caspar Reich 13.8.1777-27.9.1852, 6 ch.
4.8 Rosina 7.10.1778-13.4.1862 marr. 6.6.1809 Alt St.Johann Johannes Braeker 3.9.1787-28.10.1861, 2 ch.
4.9 Anna Margretha 6.6.1780-11.8.1782
4.10 Verena 6.3.1782-28.9.1867 marr. 20.5.1809 Alt St.Johann Buehler Johannes 20.9.1777-23.1.1869, 2 ch.
4.11 Heinrich 20.8.1783-19.12.1784
4.12 Anna Catharina 2.4.1786-2.8.1837 marr. 8.10.1810 Alt St.Johann Ulrich Boesch 3.4.1785-16.4.1838, 3 ch.

The family nr.1-3 lived at Wildhaus
the family nr.4 lived at Alt St.Johann
the family nr. 4.5 lived in Azmoos