The Hubler History

THE HUBLER HISTORY

The

HUBLER

History

W.R. HUBLER, Jr., M.D.

Corpus Christi, Texas

December 11, 2001

THE HUBLER HISTORY

Table of Contents

Introduction 2

Truncated Hubler Family Tree 2

Compressed Hubler Family Tree 3

Dedication 5

Prologue 6

Genes: The Past, Present and Future 2001 9

A Concise Hubler Compendium 13

The Old World 18

The Beginning 18

Archaic Europe 18

Switzerland 19

The Hubler Family in Switzerland 22

The Pillou Family 25

The Schmid Family 25

The Perro Family 26

The Graussi Family 28

The Balli Family 28

The New World 29

Pennsylvania 29

Northampton County, Pennsylvania 32

Jacob HUBLER (1710-1789) 38

Biography 38

The Children of Jacob HUBLER (1710-1789) 49

Other HUBLER surname families 52

Jacob/Barbara HUBLER 52

Adam and John Hoobler 53

Abraham HUBLER (1716-1777) of Lancaster (Lebanon) Co 54

Jacob HUBLER (1751-1822) and Margaret Harper (1755-1832) 55

John HUBLER of Centre and Union Co 60

The Jacob HUBLER and John HUBLER connection 62

Jacob HUBLER of Pinegrove Twp, Schuylkill Co 64

Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811) 65

Abraham Hubler (1779-ca 1835) 69

The Children of Abraham HUBLER (1779-ca 1835) 78

Northumberland and Union Counties, Pennsylvania 80

Clearfield County, Pennsylvania 80

The PAUL Family 82

The FAS Family 86

The HUBLER Family in Ohio 88

Ohio 88

Youngstown and Mahoning County, Ohio 90

Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) 93

The children of Moses HUBLER (1803-1855) 99

The NEWBERRY Family 104

The GUEST Family 115

Alfred Wick HUBLER (1842-1921) 117

The Children of A. W. HUBLER (1842-1923) 121

The HUBLER Family in Alabama 127

Alabama 127

Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama and Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama 129

Lloyd Lincoln HUBLER (1886-1972) 130

Vignettes of Lloyd Lincoln HUBLER 134

The HUBLER Family in Texas 137

Texas 137

Nueces County, Texas 140

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Sr. (1916 -1993) 142

Vignettes of Winthrope R. Hubler 147

THE HUBLER HISTORY

Introduction

Truncated Hubler Family Tree

Bendicht HUBLER (b 1612) (m Keungold Perro)

Heinrich HUBLER (b 1644) (m Jeanne Pilloud)

Hans Jacob HUBLER (b 1680) (m Anna Graussi)

(Hans) Jacob HUBLER (b 1710) (m Barbara ??)

Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (b 1742) (m Catherine ??)

Abraham HUBLER (b 1779) (m Margaret PAUL)

Moses HUBLER (b 1803) (m Sara NEWBERRY)

Alfred Wick HUBLER (b 1842) (m Kate STRALEY)

Lloyd Lincoln HUBLER (b 1886) (m Edith WEBER)

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Sr. (b 1916) (m Marie Theresa Seale)

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Jr. (b 1945) (m Sherron Elaine Forrester)

Holly Michelle HUBLER (b 1978)

Compressed Hubler Family Tree

Bendicht HUBLER (Aug. 1612- ??)

Keungold Perro (c July 20, 1617 Twann, Switz -June 19, 1671 Twann, Switz) (m 1637)

Katharina HUBLER (1638- ??)

Anna HUBLER (1640- ??)

Rudolf HUBLER (1641- ??)

Heinrich (Hans Friedrich) HUBLER (1644-1687)

Niclaus HUBLER (c 1646- ??)

Margareth HUBLER (c 1648- ??)

Bendicht HUBLER (1651-1660)

Hans Jacob HUBLER (1654- ??)

Peter HUBLER (1657- ??)

Kuengold HUBLER (1659-1665)

Heinrich (Hans Friedrich) HUBLER (c Mar. 3, 1644 Twann, Switz.-Jan. 2, 1687 Twann, Switz)

Jeanne Pillou (c June 25, 1643 Ligerz, Bern, Switz-Apr. 2, 1717 Twann, Switz)

Keungold HUBLER (c 1668-Mar. 17, 1730)

Johannes HUBLER (c 1673-Aug. 28, 1741)

Peter HUBLER (1677-1751)

Hans Jacob HUBLER (c June 6, 1680 Twann, Switz -Aug. 28, 1731)

Hans Jacob HUBLER (c June 6, 1680 Twann, Switz-? Aug. 28, 1731)

Anna Graussi (c Sept. 30, 1683 Twann, Switz.- ??) (m March 17, 1710)

(Hans) Jacob HUBLER (Dec. 1710 Twann, Switz-1789 Northampton Co, PA)

(Hans) Jacob HUBLER (Dec. 1710 Twann, Switz-May 1789 Northampton Co, PA)

Barbara ?? (ca 1725-1796 Northampton Co, PA) (m ca 1742)

Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (1742-1811)

Frederick HUBLER (1745- > 1791)

Christina HUBLER (1747-1813)

Gottlieb HUBLER (1748- > 1791)

Rosanna HUBLER (1749-1828)

Abraham HUBLER (1761-1838)

John HUBLER (ca 1763- ??)

Isaac HUBLER (1764 -1794)

Jacob HUBLER, Jr. (Oct. 2, 1742 Northampton Co, PA-Oct. 19, 1811 Northampton Co, PA)

Catarina (Catherine) ?? (??- 1796) (m ca 1770)

John Jacob HUBLER (Apr. 30, 1771- ??)

Maria Catherine HUBLER (Sept. 18, 1775- ??)

John Jacob HUBLER (Dec. 11, 1777- ??)

Abraham HUBLER (ca 1779- ??)

William Henrich HUBLER (Nov. 13, 1781- ??)

Christina HUBLER (Nov. 1, 1783- ??)

Susanna HUBLER (Dec. 12, 1787- ??)

Daniel HUBLER (Mar. 11, 1789- ??)

Christina ?? (??-1813) (m ca 1796)

Abraham HUBLER (ca 1779 PA- ?? OH)

Anna Margareth (Margaret) PAUL (Sept. 18, 1780 PA- ?? OH)

? Unknown HUBLER (Feb. 16, 1798- < 1810)

Elizabeth HUBLER (Feb. 8, 1799- ??)

Jacob HUBLER (Oct. 19, 1800-Jul.4, 1867)

Moses HUBLER (Apr. 14, 1803 -Mar 16, 1855)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1804- ??)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1812- ??)

Abraham HUBLER (1814- ??)

Unknown (male) HUBLER (ca 1815- ??)

Catherine HUBLER (1818-1900)

? Mary Anne Vashi HUBLER (Apr. 4, 1825-1891)

Moses HUBLER (April 14, 1803 Center Co, PA-March 16, 1855 Mahoning Co, OH)

Sara NEWBERRY (July 14, 1807 Center Co, PA-April 17, 1891 Mahoning Co, OH)

Eliza HUBLER (Sept. 18, 1826-April 29, 1908)

James NEWBERRY HUBLER (1828-1905)

Henry HUBLER (Apr. 22, 1830-June 14, 1880)

William H. HUBLER (Feb. 6, 1832-June 22, 1880)

Abraham HUBLER (Jan. 23, 1834-Mar. 10, 1918)

Alice May HUBLER (May 9, 1873-Jan. 29, 1940)

Hirem HUBLER (Feb. 1, 1836 OH-June 8, 1838)

Jane B. HUBLER (Nov. 1, 1837-Dec. 26, 1881)

Amanda HUBLER (Jan. 29, 1840-1909)

Alfred Wick HUBLER (July 11, 1842 OH-Dec. 20, 1921 OH)

Sarah HUBLER (April 16, 1845- ??)

Harriet HUBLER (March 31, 1848- ??)

Caroline A. HUBLER (March 30, 1850-May 5, 1886)

Alfred Wick HUBLER (Jul. 11, 1842 Mahoning Co, OH-Dec. 20, 1921 Mahoning Co, OH)

Anna Katherine (Kate) STRALEY (June 15, 1846 Germany-Jan. 13, 1934 Mahoning Co, OH)

Nora May HUBLER (Jul. 7, 1869-June 25, 1959)

Ada Irene HUBLER (Sept. 3, 1871-May 13, 1956)

Edwin Lafayette HUBLER (Dec. 7, 1873-Apr. 17, 1960)

Harry Wick HUBLER (Apr. 22, 1875-Apr. 10, 1909)

Grace Ethel HUBLER (Mar 3, 1879-Mar 4, 1952)

Clara Brook HUBLER (May 18, 1880-Sept. 10, 1968)

Amy Harriet HUBLER (Apr. 18, 1882-May 5, 1949)

Lloyd Lincoln HUBLER (Feb. 12, 1886-Jul. 9, 1972)

Lloyd Lincoln HUBLER (Feb. 12, 1886 Youngstown, OH-Jul. 9,1972 Gadsden, AL)

Edith WEBER (Jan. 10, 1883 Jackson, MI-Feb. 28, 1951 Jackson, MI) (m 1913)

Winthrope R. HUBLER (Jul. 31, 1916-Sept. 20, 1993)

Mabel Orr Taylor (1906 Macon, GA-Feb. 7, 1991 Corpus Christi, TX) (m 1960)

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Sr. (July 31, 1916 Youngstown, OH-Sept. 20, 1993 Corpus Christi, TX)

Marie Theresa Seale (Nov. 18, 1918 Jennings, LA-Jan. 29, 1988 Corpus Christi, TX) (m 1942)

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Jr. (b July 9, 1945 Cleveland, OH)

Lloyd David HUBLER (b Nov. 18, 1947 Youngstown, OH )

Richard Andrew HUBLER (b Jan. 8, 1976 Wichita, KS)

Brian Davis HUBLER (b Oct. 24, 1978 Dallas, TX)

Helen Mullen (b June 28, 1934 Waco, TX) (m 1974)

Winthrope R. HUBLER, Jr. (b Jul. 9, 1945 Cleveland, OH)

Sherron Elaine Forrester (b May 20, 1946 Shawnee, OK) (m 1975)

Holly Michelle HUBLER (b Oct. 23, 1978 Corpus Christi, TX )

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Dedication

This disquisition is dedicated to the girls in my life—my wife, Sherron Elaine Forrester HUBLER, and my daughter, Holly Michelle HUBLER. When I was a child, my mother told me that I should guard my health because as long as I had my health, I could find happiness, success and could reach “for the stars,” and then her voice would trail off. She must have been clairvoyant. Her advice and the axiom were mostly true, but she failed to tell me how to “guard my health.” Now, often incommunicative and always immobile, I grap frustratingly for my ebbing health, but it escapes my grasp—it is like trying to capture a stream of water between my forefinger and opposing thumb. However, after reflection, I have had a very happy and successful life, and it was mostly because of the unwavering support of my family. Even now, when I have a bad spell, Sherron and Holly rally to my side to comfort and sustain me and plead for me to advise them on how to help me; and even though I do not know how to respond to them, just their care, companionship and love give me insurmountable succor. Much of my effort to collect the information in this genealogical tome was as a legacy to my daughter, Holly Michelle HUBLER, who I hope someday will enjoy reviewing her heritage and remember that the “HUBLER” genes, good and bad, flow in her blood and fill her body and mind, and those of her offspring. I am very grateful that my wife, Sherron Elaine Forrester, has supported my efforts. Although I tend to be happy as a solitary man, Sherron is a gregarious being; but without complaint, she has withstood the dust of libraries filled with moldy manuscripts, foreboding graveyards, tours of obscure pieces of land, and many hours alone as I pecked on the computer keyboard. She has said that I am not happy unless there are ruins are in my vacation. I love both girls.

I met many very helpful HUBLER descendents while working on this book. I could not name them all or thank them enough for their encouragement. A few have passed on during the dozen years that I have been collecting information, but they have not been forgotten, and I want to name three. When I started, my only source was my father who was an only child, who had Alzheimer’s disease and could not recall any information about the HUBLER family and who had no family mementos; so, I was stuck--at the beginning. Then, I found my first cousin (once removed), Helen Shaw, who despite her advanced age had an encyclopedic knowledge of the HUBLERs in the 1900s and encouraged my genealogical quest. Helen died in 2001 at the age of 98. As I traced the HUBLER family back in time to 18th century Pennsylvania, I discovered Charles Sandwick, Sr. who had written a book, Jacobsburg, about the original HUBLER immigrant’s homestead, and Charles lived near the site in Pennsylvania. For years, we corresponded and shared ideas and information. He died in 1996 at age 91. Finally, a second cousin (once removed), John W. HUBLER, who knew little genealogy but filled in some gaps, peregrinated through cemeteries with camera in-hand and encouraged me to pursue the project. He died in 2000 at the age of 92. These nifty novagenarians demonstrated that genealogy might be a study of time but is not limited by age.

A special “thank you” goes to my long time-email buddies and distant (and living) cousins, Sue Collins and Garry Hamor, who have stuck with me and helped track down data, and my friend Don Pedicini who is an intrepid family historian, who has the untenable position of living near Youngstown and has tirelessly and without complaint performed the cognition and legwork to help sort out the HUBLERs in Ohio, and who has graciously applied his artistry to create the cover of this book.

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Prologue

When I began to write this exposition, it was a cynosure, egocentric project because of the self-gratifying pleasure that genealogy can give, but it became altruistic as I wanted to spread the joy to my HUBLER family, and it also became self-instructional as the study provided an understanding of my finite position in the vast present and past constellation of history. At first, I wanted to compile the data and publish it in a hard backed, pristine, complete and condensed book; however, it also became obvious that there were only a few HUBLERs left in my line, and so the ultimate impact of this book would only produce an infinitesimal ripple on the lake of life. Thus, instead of promulgating an arrant, polished HUBLER history, I tried to devise the project as a workbook for others to finalize. So I interspersed the factual events with an suppositions, assumptions and theories; I emphasized my direct family tree by marking the names of those select individuals in bold; I indicted the family connections of some of my correspondents with an arrow ; I shuffled in some regional, state, county and local histories; I inserted some explanations on dead and dying diseases (e.g., smallpox and typhus), far-gone and failing occupations (e.g., puddling and weaving) and restoring and resurrecting religions (e.g., Lutheranism and Moravianism), and I even placed some blank pages at the back for notes.

Parts of this account are brutally honest; some would just call it “brutal,” but I would emphasize instead the word “honest,” and I would also admit that the viewpoint is mine and might not coincide with others. Perhaps, such candidness should not be published. Clearly, such candor is not politically correct. However, this treatise will be distributed mostly to close family members, many of whom participated in the events described in this tome, and all of whom would be interested in my views. Thus, the “honesty” is not a matter of “exposing dirty laundry,” but it is just meant to reveal reasons for the actions. That is the fun of genealogy. I am not a trained psychologist, these are complex cognitions, and I do not mean to trivialize the issues. Many of the activities and vignettes in this report are compressed, abridged, selected and taken out of context, so they are not meant to be inclusive, just insightful, entertaining or both.

I have not indexed this volume, simply because I did not have time; however, I am giving everyone a CD copy of the tome that can be copied, modified or searched. The CD version is a Microsoft Word document with a .doc format. The endnotes are a mess. I believe that the documentation of sources is essential to any treatise, but the form of footnotes has not been established and is debated by many, diverse authors. The endnotes in this tome are filled with a mixture of book titles, magazine appellations, Internet web pages, e-mail addresses and physical locations. For my own purposes to be able to retrieve data, the source of many references is indicated, such as, “in personal library” or “obtained through interlibrary loan system.” It is an imprecise, imperfect system.

So, ulltimately, it will be left to the reader to realize, appreciate and extrapolate his own significance and fallibility in the context of the vastness of time. An excellent analogy equates the history of the earth to a 24-hour clock cycle, and an understanding of mankind’s importance is evident when one sees than the entire history of man’s tenure takes up only seconds of the clock’s cycle. Imagine what span (and significance) an individual life takes.

A genealogical treatise is analogous to the study of the world globe. The basic spherical structure is unchanging; however, the geography is in continuous flux. The surface of the globe is always moving as countries rearrange their borders; sporadically the world’s topography mutates as Teutonic plates clash, volcanoes erupt or meteors strike, and rarely even magma migrates. Similarly, genealogical roots are constant; however, the labyrinthine family trees constantly evolve as chains are elucidated; occasionally, newly discovered information or a fresh look at “brick walls” allow them to be traversed to open new vistas, and once in a blue moon, a chance discovery can alter the whole terrain. Soon, technology will make genealogy a more infallible science as DNA studies link individuals together in the world, and we are likely to find how close we are all tied—possibly everything will depend on the position or existence of only a few sub-microscopic atoms in one gene.