This newspaper article appeared on the front page of the Plattsmouth Journal. Plattsmouth is the county seat of Cass County, Nebraska, but the article indicates that Charles Gyger lived in Omaha. I cannot make the connection between Charles Gyger and John Gyger, but thought this article might be of interest as well as the Cass County website.
John Gyger lived in Weeping Water, Cass County, NE according to the Cass County Gazetteer 1885/1886. There are 6 Gygers buried in Cass Co. and their names can be seen at this link:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~necass/zgri_gy.htmPlattsmouth Journal, Monday, September 16, 1918
FINDS MOTHER’S BIRTH PLACE WHILE IN BERNE
CHARLES GYGER FORMER CITIZEN OF PLATTSMOUTH, FINDS IN SWITZERLAND
Also Is Shown The Identical House Where She First Saw Light
During the early days of this city, Charles GYGER lived here and was engaged in painting, and here lived his parents also while in Switzerland he finds the place where his mother was born, she having lived here also. The Omaha Bee gives an account of the finding of the records of her birth.
The fortunes of war took Charles L. Gyger of this city to Berne, Switzerland, where he located the house where his mother was born 92 years ago.
Mr. Gyger’s home is at 1125 So. Thirty-second street, where his wife and children reside. Miss Martha GYGER, a daughter, is stenographer with Mrs. C.M. WILHELM of the home service department of the Red Cross civilian relief.
This Omaha man worked in the United States quartermaster’s department here for 20 years, at one time serving under Colonel McCarthy during the latter’s service as quartermaster in Omaha. When General PERSHING went to France, he took Colonel McCarthy with him as quartermaster and the colonel wired to Mr. Gyger to go as chief clerk. While in France, Mr. Gyger was assigned to the important work of buying certain supplies in neutral countries. He went to Berne where he arranged for the purchase of 1,250,000 wrist watches.
In Berne he found the birth records of his mother and located the house where she was born. His mother died in Omaha a few years ago.
Mr. Gyger was at a French port when the first ships brought American soldiers to the aid of the allies. There were three boats which still bore their old German names, having been vessels which were interned in this country. He stated that the emotions of the French people as they viewed the American soldiers leaving the ships were beyond his powers to describe. – Omaha Bee