Dr. John Mettler

1810 -

• Name	John Mettler
  Prefix	Dr.
  Born	1810	, Switzerland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Physician - Doctor - Dr.
  Residence	New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
  Residence	Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-35326
  Died	Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
  Buried	Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States
  Person ID	I35326	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Magdalena Leuthold,   b. 3 Feb 1813, , Switzerland ,   d. 5 Nov 1892, , Iowa  (Age 79 years)
  Children	1. Magdalina Mettler,   b. 1833, , Canton Berne, Switzerland ,   d. 17 Oct 1888, Ceres, Clayton, Iowa, United States  (Age 55 years)   2. Regina Mettler,   b. 8 Sep 1836, , Switzerland ,   d. 6 Sep 1866, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, USA  (Age 29 years)   3. Johann "John" Mettler,   b. 1837, , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Margaret Mettler,   b. 7 Dec 1839, , Switzerland ,   d. 29 Nov 1911, Lakefield, Jackson, Minnesota, United States  (Age 71 years)   5. Susanna Mettler,   b. 5 Jul 1841, , Switzerland ,   d. 22 Feb 1897, , Clayton Co., Iowa, USA  (Age 55 years)   6. Catharine Mettler,   b. 13 Feb 1846, Reinach, , Aargau, Switzerland ,   d. 14 Jan 1911, Guttenberg, Clayton, Iowa, United States  (Age 64 years)   7. Albertina Rosina "Rosa" Mettler,   b. 17 Aug 1847, , Switzerland ,   d. 4 Feb 1914, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F9356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  METTLER, JOHN Card in Deutsche Canadier June 21, 1851: Dr. John Mettler, Physician, Surgeon, and Accoucheur. I take the liberty to respectfully announce to the inhabitants of Preston, Berlin and the neighborhood that I have taken up permanent residence in Preston in the above condition. Educated as physician at the University of Switzerland and since then more than fifteen years practice in all branches of Therapeutics. I hold myself to be proficient, and commend myself to the public to be permitted to call on cases of sickness. My residence is in the house next to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. This card appeared from June 20 to November 7, 1851. The 1851 census says: born Switzerland, wife Magdalena, possibly 8 children. Nothing further known. Dr. Alexander D. Campbell, Doctors in Waterloo County 1852-1925, 1986 ____________ "Dr. John Mettler came from Blumenstein, Switzerland, in the Canton of Berne, with his family in 1853. They left Switzerland, went to Le Havre, France, sailed for New York in a three masted ship. They were several weeks on the ocean. My mother, Catherine Mettler Stoecker, told us an infant sister died at sea. Grandmother didn't want her cast into the sea so pretended to nurse her, mimicking her cry. I don't know if she succeeded in this or not. They first went to Preston, Canada West. Grandfather(Dr. John Mettler) had been born and reared in the republic of Switzerland so after a time he decided to come to the United States because he resented being under the rule of England. They moved to New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and later they came to Cottage Hill, Iowa, where grandfather Mettler died and is buried. Grandmother lived with her children in her later years. She spent many years in my home. We all loved her. Here she died November 5, 1892, after one week's illness at the age of 79 years. She is buried in city cemetery Guttenberg, Iowa." From: Descendants of Dr. John Mettler and Magdalena Leuthold Mettler Compiled by Martha Stoecker Norby 1955 Find A Grave

  
  

• Sources

  [S270] Census - ON, Waterloo, Preston - 1852, Pg 7.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1810 - , Switzerland Occupation - Physician - Doctor - Dr. - 1852 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States Residence - - Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States Died - - Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States Buried - - Cottage Hill, Dubuque, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth