Hello
I forgot that I have this thread here. Three years ago I got in contact with a descendant of Anton and Lena Iten-Meier. We exchanged many dates and facts and he also sent me some photos of their descendants. They had a son Walter Joseph and a daughter Lena Mary who married Ernest Baltz Mathis. His parents were Martin Xavier Mathis and Maria Olivia Enz. The Mathis-family came from the Canton Nidwalden in Switzerland and I have the names and dates of 10 generations further back. The Enz-family came from the Canton Obwalden in Switzerland and I have the churchbook entries until the beginning of the churchbooks in 1630.
Two or three years ago I also got in contact with the Jonathan Iten you mentionned. He knows a lot of facts of his Iten-Line which told him his cousine Josephine, originally from Montana. The George Iten must be born in Montana not in California. After the death of his father Adolf Carl Iten, his mother Florence Boerke went to California and married Charles Babcock. George Iten is also mentionned in the book "Die Iten - Talleute von Aegeri" but with wrong parents. The book was published in 1962 and it says that George was a medical doctor in a hospital in California. You can also find some information concerning the so called "Geissmatt-Schriner" Iten-Line on my website.
http://www.itencorinne.ch/4690.htmlRegards, Corinne