Descendants of Gottfried Schwery


Generation No. 1

1.  GOTTFRIED1 SCHWERY (MICHAEL A) was born June 18, 1835 in Koblenz 
Canton, Aargau, Switzerland, and died February 1914 in Panama, IA.  He 
was the son of Michael A. and Rossen SCHWERY. Gottfried, or Godfrey, 
married MARY MARGARET JEMMING on April 15, 1869 in LaSalle County, 
Illinois. Margaret (Margaretha) JEMMING was the daughter of 
Anton and Anna JEMMING, and was born in Kehlen, Luxembourg.

Notes
Godfrey worked with his father on a small freighter on the Mediterranean 
Sea before coming to America.  He was the last of 13 children. When he 
came to the U.S. he landed in Louisiana, and worked on a boat on the 
Mississippi. He then went to LaSalle County, Illinois where he met and 
married Margaret Jemming. They came to Westphalia, Iowa in 1880, and moved 
to Panama in 1901.  Mr and Mrs Schwery died within two days of each other 
and had a double funeral.

	Children of Gottfried Schwery and Mary Jemming are:
2.	i.	THEODORE JOSEPH2 SCHWERY, b. October 16, 1870, LaSalle County, Illinois.
3.	ii.	JOHN ANTHONY SCHWERY, b. September 10, 1873, La Salle Co, IL; 
		d. May 30, 1960, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa.
4.	iii.	SUSAN SCHWERY, b. August 11, 1877, LaSalle County, Illinois; 
		d. March 01, 1945, Panama, IA.
5.	iv.	MELCHIOR JOSEPH SCHWERY, b. January 06, 1881, Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		d. January 18, 1942, Shelby Co, Iowa.
	v.	GODFREY MATHIAS SCHWERY, b. June 22, 1887, Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		d. December 1957, Shelby Co, Iowa; m. DESSIE MILLER.


Generation No. 2

2.  THEODORE JOSEPH2 SCHWERY (GOTTFRIED 1, MICHAEL A) 
was born October 16, 1870 in LaSalle County, Illinois.  He married MARY 
ANN FOXHOVEN April 26, 1893 in Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa.

	Children of Theodore Schwery and Mary Foxhoven are:
	i.	BERTHA3 SCHWERY.
	ii.	AGNES SCHWERY, 
		m. WALTER WINTERS.
	iii.	ALICE SCHWERY, 
		m. PAT GATES.
	iv.	EMMA RITA SCHWERY, 
		m. BERNARD (BEN) FREUND.
	v.	CATHERINE SCHWERY, b. August 10, 1895; d. April 1986; 
		m. CONRAD DRESEL, January 18, 1916.
	vi.	WILLIAM SCHWERY, b. 1899; d. 1899.
	vii.	ANTON (TONY) SCHWERY, b. May 26, 1900, Westphalia, IA; 
		d. June 1972; m. ALEXIA HOFFMAN, September 03, 1929.
	viii.	ISADORE SCHWERY, b. February 11, 1902; 
		d. November 05, 1974, Panama, IA; 
		m. HELEN CECILIA GUBBELS, July 03, 1929, St Mary's - Portsmouth, IA.
	ix.	LOUIS SCHWERY, b. June 10, 1905, Farm near Earling, IA; 
		d. March 02, 1959, Panama, IA; 
		m. ROSE BOSEK, August 25, 1930.
	x.	LAWRENCE J SCHWERY, b. March 09, 1906, Farm near Earling, IA; 
		d. October 30, 1969; 
		m. AGNES MAIWALD, April 29, 1930.

3.  JOHN ANTHONY2 SCHWERY (GOTTFRIED 1, MICHAEL A) was born 
September 10, 1873 in La Salle Co, IL, and died May 30, 1960 in Panama, 
Shelby Co, Iowa.  He married MARY ANNA SCHMITZ November 22, 1898 in 
Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa.

	Children of John Schwery and Mary Schmitz are:
	i.	JOSEPH G3 SCHWERY, b. April 13, 1901, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		d. April 1976, Council Bluffs, IA.
	ii.	URBAN FERDINAND SCHWERY, b. 1908, Shelby Co, 
		Iowa; d. 1909, Shelby Co, Iowa.
	iii.	LYDIA SCHWERY, b. 1920; d. 1920.

4.  SUSAN2 SCHWERY (GOTTFRIED 1, MICHAEL A) was born 
August 11, 1877 in LaSalle County, Illinois, and died March 01, 1945 
in Panama, IA.  She married JOSEPH B LEUSCHEN February 05, 1901 
in Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa, son of Benedict Leuschen and Anna Nolles.

	Children of Susan Schwery and Joseph Leuschen are:
	i.	BEATRICE MARY3 LEUSCHEN, b. November 11, 1901, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		d. July 21, 1988, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		m. ALFRED FRANK STESSMAN, February 26, 1924, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa.
	ii.	BENEDICT J LEUSCHEN, b. March 22, 1904, Panama, IA; 
		d. June 1985, Harlan, IA.
	iii.	ADELAIDE LEUSCHEN, b. March 01, 1906, Washington Twp, Shelby Co., Iowa; 
		d. May 26, 1975, Mount Saint Scholastica Convent.
	iv.	LEONARD THEODORE LEUSCHEN, b. January 30, 1908, Panama, IA; 
		d. October 17, 1968, Panama, IA; 
		m. EILEEN SHEA, June 02, 1943, Neola, IA.
	v.	DOROTHY CATHERINE LEUSCHEN, b. May 26, 1912, Washington Twp, 
		Shelby Co, Iowa;
		m. ALFRED KRAMER, June 1934.
	vi.	WALTER NICHOLAS LEUSCHEN, b. March 01, 1913, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		m. CORNELIA MARIA HOFFMAN, June 15, 1939, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa.
	vii.	GODFREY ANTON (FRITZ) LEUSCHEN, b. July 05, 1914, Panama, IA; 
		d. October 09, 1970, Panama, IA; 
		m. JEAN DIXON, May 21, 1955, St Patricks Church - Council Bluffs, IA.
	viii.	MARY ANN LEUSCHEN, b. April 03, 1919, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa; 
		d. Long Beach, CA; m. JAMES L CADY, November 24, 1945.

5.  MELCHIOR JOSEPH2 SCHWERY (GOTTFRIED 1, MICHAEL A) was 
born January 06, 1881 in Westphalia, Shelby Co, Iowa, and died January 18, 
1942 in Shelby Co, Iowa.  He married (1) MATILDA SCHOMER 1904 in 
Iowa.  He married (2) THERESA KLEIN September 12, 1905.

	Children of Melchior Schwery and Theresa Klein are:
	i.	MARGARET3 SCHWERY, 
		m. WILFRED COENEN.
	ii.	VIOLA SCHWERY, 
		m. ZENO LEINEN.
	iii.	MAGDALENA SCHWERY, 
		m. WALTER HODAPP.
	iv.	ZITA SCHWERY, 
		m. LARRY ENGEL.
	v.	NONNA SCHWERY, 
		m. LEONARD ADAMS.
	vi.	THERESA SCHWERY, 
		m. LEONARD WELLMAN.
	vii.	MELVIN SCHWERY, 
		m. VERELDA SCHMITZ.
	viii.	CLEOPHA SCHWERY, 
		m. NEWMARK NELSON.
	ix.	ALFRED SCHWERY, b. June 01, 1906; 
		d. December 1987; 
		m. ROMANA GOESER.
	x.	LEVERN SCHWERY, b. November 24, 1912; 
		d. May 1982; 
		m. CECELIA PETSCHE.
	xi.	VERENA SCHWERY, b. July 24, 1915; 
		m. JOSEPH MICHAEL MAIWALD.
	xii.	MILDRED JOSEPHINE SCHWERY, b. September 02, 1924, Panama, IA; 
		m. WILLIAM BENEDICT LEUSCHEN, December 28, 1944, Panama, Shelby Co, Iowa.