The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-03

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The Arst De GranenrtsA went int
Bern. Switzerland. with It, founder
Berchtold ". Duke Of zAhrtngef. 10
iIlsi.
Rruno Dc ora9snrssa sied thsss in
the year 1879.
simon De Graasnrisd died 1872.
Durkhard de 0rahenried died 1897.
He married Mafgsretts Weller,
Peter. son Of Burkhsrd and his wife,
also married q MarSasetta -; had
four children. ~: died 1854.
NichlaSns. his son. had four children,
WAS aged In 1866. and living In the
l new part Of the city (Bern). 8to VIA
| was Anas Hsezel Won Lndenach.
Johann. oo0Dnd 0on OF NachIans.
died II 1911. He married Anna Won
Emswyi. 3Asv haA three sons.
Niehlsss II. sen Of Johann. surviv-
| lag bis two bsotheFs. lived to the pa
triasehsi age sf lie years. He owned
SmleAen 81 St. TviDhon. which last
he bought IA lSAl On the isiana VI
Aslsn. was ave times maTrisd. (Ali
the names are Siven). HsA three sons
and two laughter. He was oora N
ltI7: died 10 1851.
Pstsr, tbs surviving son. was LORD
| Of st. TFlphon. chiyron. Muhlesen ANA
Ntaerblaken. He owned Holiigen In
1854. Married Elisabeth Lenhess. lie
had three sons and four daughters.
Died in 1861
Anton. second son OF Peter. was born
in Is. He was Lord Of Trtphen.
Chfyron, Nuhlersn and Nidsrbiaksn.
He vas twice marrisd--tI) suzanne
Abdul. CD Aaria Lunenspsong. An
ton had eight sons and six daughtssA
He died 1911
Abraham tour ancestor). eighth soo
3f Anton. was born in Is. He va
L,rd OF Chivron ana St Trphon- he
married Ursula Won Diesbach. from
whoo he got ens.haif Of the estate OF
worb. Later he recsivcd RomAinmot-
tier. They had i've sons and ons
daughter Abraham died In battle In
1920.
Christoph ". de Granenried Chris
TOPPER or Emmanuel. for the names
are interchangeable was born In 1909.
He WAS Baron and Lord II Worb and
had many honorary titles; was three
times married-Afst. Anna Won Muhen.
in 1880: second, Barbara Ougsberg&.
in 1888: third. Margaretta Tscharnor
tour grandmother). 1859. There were
six sons and three daughters He
died in 1887.
Anton IL fAnthony. our ancestor)'
fourth son Of Christoph ~. by his
nrse marriage. vas born In 1883. died
In 1880. in his ninety -second yeaE. He
was Lord Of Worb and had various
titles OF Observation-Disclosures Lord Gov
ernor OF the four Msndsments Of the
Aigle and Lord Advoy ut Horat. etc
He married Catherine Jenner (our
ancestor), Of very ancient family. In
1851: next Susanna Lembach, In 1855.
Anthony had one son and 0ae danxh-
ter by his nrst marriage; by the Sec
onA i've sons and two daughterA
Christoph v. 1--WE are descended from
him). only son Of Anthony's hrst mar
riage, was born November ~. 1861.
died at Castle Worb after April. 1735.
near Bern four grest-great-Grand-
Palatines he founded Newborn. n. c..
in 17le. After three years. when the
colonies were nearly @evsstated BY
the Indians and the baron bankrupt
he returned to Switzerland. leaving
his son. christopher. Jr-. In America
In 1854 the baron married Regina
Tscharnor, born in 1865. daughter Of
the noble Beat Lewis Tscharner. They
had thirteen children, of whom eight
were In Efe IN 1885, among them two
sons:.one Christopher. Jr., in Virginia.
America. and the other Francis Lewis.
| born--in 1908 In Bern Francis was
twice married into titled families In
SwatzerIsod before the baron's death
in 1855. and lived In Castle Wort. which
finally passed away from the family
by reason Of Iawbsuits after the death
OF his brother, Christopher. in Virginia.
The castle il In good sreservatiop near
Bern. In the village church at Wers
the De Granenried ancestors aftss the
year 1909 repdse- About thst time the
castle was renovated. rebuilt In Us own
walls. In the church the Swlss COST
of-arms OF the De Graffenrieds sppears
The parchment English eeatspf-aFms
conferred on Baron de Gra6earje1 ~
lapdGrave Of North CaroIins ~ Qpeen
Anne Ii in Ceorxia. or Vas 10. many
yearr. in the fAuily Of q aesesadani
OF the last marriage Of the bsron's
grandson. Tsch1rner. through . daugh-
ter. rather than, through TschaSnes,s
Oldest son. representing his 6fst mar
risGe to Mary Baker, OF Hsrth Caro-
lima. IN l7l4.
Tscharner's father is our ancestor.
Chrissop6er {son Of the baron), vas
born In switzerland In 1901; setfleA
finaaly In yirgtnsA He married. In
ChsrJest6u. 8 c.. Fehruary -, J7Il,
Raroara respest lnee yseAhamD, dasgh-
ter Of Sir Arthur Eeedham. Of wy
moadeiy tpronOunced wimely), In
HeSffordshire. England she died In
i5tl. leaving one child. rscharner. the
Awerlsoa ancestor fny socestcr,.
iCsAsaepesr bed in yrginia October
~. at sun rising. 49,.
Tscharner. grandson Of the baron.
horn In Williamsburg. Va. November
IS. 1922: died IN Lunenburg. Va. in
February or Marc;,. 1874. his last will
and testament, nov extan:. being at
tested In the courthouse there April ..
1874. rscnArner was married four
times. First. to Mary Baker. Of North
Carolina July 5, I5&: They haa fosr
sons and three daughters. wh0 sur
vived-tJ) Baker. masvscd Sarah vass-
born i.s4: q, Francis. bern 1871; did
1915: he married Erriin Boswell Of
virEfsta. born March q. 1876: died
March 4. 1921. Francis Is the great
ur,ndfather Of my dau1Shfer Ci8re de