Barzheim, Switzerland: The Kutzly Village of Origin
Charles Lewis Schwab
Lydia (Kutzly) Schwab
Barzheim, Switzerland
Roger Schwab stands beside the sign for Barzheim, Switzerland, Lydia (Kutzly) Schwab's family's village of origin (population 181). Photos from Ann Parsons Schwab.
Schwab barn near Gridley, KS, in Coffey County.
Karl Schwab farm site near Gridley, KS, in Coffey County.
(Picture from Ann Parsons Schwab).
Video Vignette: Matthew Schwab Schrader interviews Dorothy (Schwab) Schrader who recounts life events of Charles & Lydia (Kutzly) Schwab, her grandparents.
Schwab family farm near Lamont, KS, George Schwab and family lived here. Barn pictured below was just south of this house, which has been torn down.
Schwab barn on old Schwab homesite near Lamont, KS, in Greenwood County. This barn was built by family member Fred Brenkmann. Left: the barn circa ??; Right: the barn circa 2005.
Lamont Grammar School, 1912. Sam Schwab is holding the sign; George Schwab is on the first row, far right.
Sam & Emma Schwab, brother & sister.
Left & Below: Emma (Schwab) & Fred Gruber's son, Captain Kenneth Gruber was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during World War II for a dangerous, yet successful, bombing raid over Nazi installments in Austria. Marie (Gruber) Schwab clipped these newspaper articles.
Lower left: The V-Mail letter from Capt. Gruber to his paternal grandfather, Gottfried Gruber.
From left: Emma Schwab, Leah Gruber, Sam Gruber, Fred Gruber-Fred & Emma's wedding.
Sam Schwab
Tales of Sam Schwab's Ice Escapades & Marie's Singing.
From left: Anna Schwab, Myrtle (Preston) Schwab (George's wife) and Emma (Schwab) Gruber.
Family picnic at Peter Pan Park in Emporia,KS.- Lydia Schwab, Myrtle Schwab.
Lydia Schwab
Schwab Pasture, which included the Lamont Oil Field, in production, circa 1920. According to Anna Schwab, at one time there were 80 active, pumping wells in this Lamont OIl Field. The road in the foreground traveled around the base of Demler Hill, which is the large hill just west of Lamont. This pasture was first owned by Charles L. Schwab and then Sam Schwab.
Madison, KS.-Third Street.
Mary Schwab
Reaping the harvest. (Picture from Renell (Sturgeon) Schrader)
Ben & Clara (Schwab) Dreyer.
Mary Schwab
George Schwab
Sam & Emma Schwab, brother & sister.
Lillian Schwab
Lillian Schwab & Hulda Jacobs
Clara Schwab
Dixie & Clarence Schwab
L to R: Anna Schwab, Emma (Schwab) Gruber, Lillian (Schwab) Christie, Mary (Schwab) Bremer, Nina (Schwab) Belcher.
Nina Schwab
Dorothy, Anna Schwab's niece, and Matthew, Anna's great nephew, reminisce about Aunt Anna, who was well-respected by community
members and well-loved by family.
Schwab Family 1936. L to R, from back row: Marie (Gruber) Schwab (wearing black hat), Sam Schwab, Lydia Schwab (black hat center), Anna Schwab, Ross & Lillian Christie, Emma (Schwab) Gruber holding Marilyn Dreyer, Ben Dreyer; 2nd row L to R: Nina Schwab (2nd from left), Wilma (Oliver) Schwab (Clarence's first wife who died in a train-car accident), Maxine & Charles Schwab, unknown lady next to Patricia Dreyer (front right).
Schwab Family L to R: Nina, Bill, Anna, Lillian, George, Mary, Emma, Sam & Clarence.
Schwab Family L to R: Nina, Anna, Lillian, Mary, Emma.
Schwab Family L to R: Bill, Mary, Emma, George, Anna, Sam, Nina, Clarence, Lillian.
Schwab Family L to R: Bill, George, Sam & Clarence.