August Christian Hunziker
August was born 13 May 1882 in Zofingen, Aargau, Switzerland
He is the son of August Hunziker and Anna Moser
August married Lina Marie Weibel on 11 April 1912 at Fribourg, Switzerland
In Switzerland, August was employed as a Postman. For whatever reason, this family seen it as advantageous to leave their home in Fribourg and seek a new life in Canada.
On May 13, 1917 August and Lina and 3 children Lina Hanna, August Christian and Roger Bernard cleared customs at Ellis Island, New York and proceeded to Montreal, Canada. After spending some time with friends/sponsor in Montreal, Quebec, they headed east for New Brunswick. Along the way, in Lac de Sil, Anna Lina Flora was born on 30 Oct 1917.
For the next 12 years, August and his family existed as they could, coal mining, working the farm etc. The family tales are unclear but many say August was injured while working in the coal mines and did not recover well.
On March 26, 1929 the Province of New Brunswick granted the family their 9 acres of land near Newcastle Center. Unfortunately, August was unable to enjoy owning his own homestead in Canada for long as the following year, a young 42 year old mother with 9 children was widowed.
August died September 20, 1930
Lina never remarried.
Their children were:
Lina Hannah, born 1912, Fribourg, Switzerland
August Christian, born 1914, Fribourg, Switzerland
Roger Bernard, born Nov 1915, Fribourg, Switzerland
Anna Lina Flora, born 30 Oct 1917, Lac de Sil, Quebec, Canada
Adrian Benjamin, born 1919, Newcastle Center, New Brunswick, Canada
Arnold Oswald, born 8 April 1920, Newcastle Center, New Brunswick, Canada
Clara Anne, 15 May 1922, Salmon Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada
Fredrick Alexander, born 1923, Newcastle Center, New Brunswick, Canada
Walter Otto, born 23 April 1925, Newcastle Center, New Brunswick, Canada
This is the SS Chicago's manifest that documents their arrival at Ellis Island. This is the SS Chicago, the ship they came over on.