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Rosa (Kaiser) Wernli

Photo courtesy of Paul Wernli.

Husband
Gottlieb Wernli

Children
Adele WERNLI
Rose WERNLI
Alice Fayrene WERNLI
Pauline WERNLI
Minnie M. WERNLI
Oscar Gottlieb WERNLI
Hilda WERNLI

Father
Henry Joseph Kaiser

Mother
Marie Stampfli

Wernli Scrapbook

Rosa was born on 27 Dec 1877 in Solothurn, Switzerland.

In 1901 she married Gottlieb Wernli, in Switzerland.

She immigrated with Gottlieb on 2 Jul 1905 from Worschnau, Switzerland on the vessel Casconie French Line. They arrived through New York City, New York. Their first child Adele was born in the harbor.

Rosa died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on 11 Aug 1939; she was 61. She was buried on 13 Aug 1939 in Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas.

Read her obituary.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Wernli Are Held Sunday

Mrs. Wernli died Friday, August 11, at a San Antonio hospital after an illness of about three weeks. Numerous operations and the skill of the medical profession failed to save her after she was stricken...Rosa Wernli was born December 27, 1877 at Solothurn, Switzerland. In 1901 she was united in

marriage to Gottlieb Wernli, the ceremony taking place in Switzerland. Soon after the young couple came to American and in 1905 settled in Karnes county, where six daughters and one son were born to the union. Mr. and Mrs. Wernli and the family engaged in the farming business near Monteola, where the family home was established. Gottlieb Wernli preceded his wife

in death in 1928, and since that time Mrs. Wernli had kept the family home. She was a member of the order of the Sisters of Hermann Sons, and was prominent in business, church and social circles of this section. She was a member of the Lutheran Church. During her long residence in Karnes county, she and her charming family made many lifelong friends, who loved and honored her and her family.

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