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Kermit Gauchat Family

Kermit Gauchat Family

Posted: 5 Apr 2000 8:08PM GMT
Edited: 9 Jul 2006 10:37PM GMT
Trying to locate the family members of Kermit Gauchat, born to August Gauchat and Mary Betteron Gauchat. August and Mary had three children _____Twins, Caroline Louise and Charles Louis, and Lydia Julia

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Posted: 5 Jul 2001 4:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Greetings, A few years back we were in Owen County to visit relatives. (Klass) and learned that there were some GAUCHATs living there, but we did not have time to investigate. My Mother was a GAUCHAT, (pronounced goshay) and I have her line of Gauchats back to 1535 in Berne Switzerland. They came through New York when they arrived in this Country. Are you by any chance interested in this information, or if you know whether we might be related?
Sincerely, Chad Parks ccparks@worldnet.att.net

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Posted: 7 Jul 2001 3:19AM GMT
My name is Donna Gauchat Long and a friend of mine (Wilma Bell) put that message on the board for me. She was helping me get started. She had forgotten about it and then saw your message. My great and great grandfather came to this country from Switzerland and from a village named Preles`. Do you have any mention of this village in your findings? My grandparents and great grandparents lived in Clay County and great grandfather came into the town of Bowling Green when he first came to Indiana. His name was August Gauchat and brought his father over later. I have some names I could share with you if you would like. Thank you Donna G. Long

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Gauchat (View posts)
Posted: 3 Nov 2003 8:04PM GMT
Classification: Query
further to my msg of yesterday I forgot to say that in Switzerland every swiss citizen has an origin town that keeps the records of all events, birth, marriages etc.of each originated individual living in Switzerland. In case of marriage, the wife loose her town of origin and is then registered in the registry of the town of the husband. Result: the origin is always based on the husband. For the ones living abroad they update their records if they receive official data, normally through embassy or consular representation.

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Donna Gauchat Long (View posts)
Posted: 3 Nov 2003 10:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Is there a village by name of Prilly, Canton of Berne in Switzerland. That is the way it is spelled in history of family from Switzerland. I assumed they meant Preles but heard from someone there is a Prilly? Do you know if this is correct?
Thank you

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Gauchat (View posts)
Posted: 4 Nov 2003 7:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
Attn. Donna Gauchat Long
Prilly is part of Lausanne. I have a list of Gauchat taken out of Swiss phone directory and I can send this by Email as I am unable to send it as attachment of this msg. It shows however that most of the Gauchat are originated from 4 villages, Lignières, Nods, Diesse and Prêles all very close one to each other. My Email samgauchat@bluewin.ch
Regards
NB I will be away for the next 5 days

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Donna Gauchat Long (View posts)
Posted: 6 Nov 2003 9:18PM GMT
Classification: Query
I have tried to get information on Prilly on the internet and have had no luck. You said it was part of Lausanne but I couldn't find anything on it. I found Lausanne of course. I was trying to get the telephone book pages. Do you know if this is possible??? Which group of Gauchat's are you from and do you live in US??

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

Gauchat (View posts)
Posted: 15 Nov 2003 4:44PM GMT
Classification: Query
I could see on the swiss phone directories that in Lausanne, of which Prilly is a quartier, and found that there is one 1 Gauchat only. In my opinion the Gauchat main source are the villages Prêles, Nods, Lignières. Lamboing and Diesse all each one ear to the other.
I am living in Switzerland and you may address your queries to my Email address. For further inquiries I need the exact name and birth date of your great and grandfather and I will try to contact the villages I mentioned above.

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

donnalong (View posts)
Posted: 19 Nov 2003 7:53PM GMT
Classification: Query
From the family papers I have it says that my great grandfather was born March 12, 1851 in the village of Prilly, Canton Berne, Switzerland. His father was John F. Gauchat. It doesn't show John Gauchat's birthdate but says in 1857 he made a trip to South America and bought some property and sold it and then returned to Switzerland. He had nine children and they were: Julia, August, Zaline, Louis, David, Frederick, Mary, Paul and Emile.

Re: Kermit Gauchat Family

miranda (View posts)
Posted: 15 Oct 2005 1:26AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gauchat
Hopefully you get this.... I would be interested in this information... my great great grandmother and her mother came to the US from Preles, Bern Switzerland. I am looking for any information I can get... The names I have are Dina Gauchat and we think heer mothers name was Lina. There was also an Aunt named Octavia...
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