Photos
Gerard Meinrad Birchler(1) and Maria Anna Lucia Kälin
Benedictine Abbey in Einsiedeln, Switzerland. The Birchler family lived in Einsiedeln as early as 1331 when organized records were first kept.
Rathaus in Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Birchler and Oechsli wappen in the eves of the Rathaus
Wayside chapel sculpture by Gerard Meinrad Birchler at Einsiedeln-Trachslau
Leonz Zacharias and Catharina Elisabetha Oechslin Birchler Family, about 1870. Front: Caroline Birchler Bisig, Catharina Elisabetha Oechslin Birchler, Leonz Zacharias Birchler, Meinrad Benedict Birchler, Frank Stephan Birchler; Rear: Joseph Birchler, Josephine Birchler Schoenbaechler, Rosa Birchler Kaelin.
Meinrad Stephan Birchler
Maria Anna Hurm Birchler
Swiss immigrants in Louisville, about 1870. Seated: Joseph Dominick Zehnder and Leonz Zacharias Birchler; Standing: Joseph Andreas Zehnder and Meinrad Stephan Birchler
Leonz Zacharias and Catharina Elisabetha Oechslin Birchler dairy farm in the Bonnycastle area of Louisville, late 1870s. Children pictured are Meinrad Benedict Birchler, Frank Stephan Birchler, and Caroline Birchler Bisig.
Leonz Zacharias and Catharina Elisabetha Oechslin Birchler home on Bonnycastle Place, about 1870
Swiss immigrants at Dominick Bueler's Zum Gruetli, about 1888: Unidentified woman; three children of Joseph Birchler; Joseph Birchler; Meinrad Stephan Birchler; Charles Frank Zehnder; Leonz Zacharias Birchler.
Swiss Nationalists in Louisville, 1891 (Leonz Zacharias Birchler center)
Leonz Zacharias Birchler monument, St. Michael Cemetery, Louisville, KY
Inscription on Leonz Zacharias Birchler monument. (According to the Zivilstandsamt Bezirk Einsiedeln and the Canton Schwyz Archives, the correct birth date is 20 Feb 1829.)
Joseph and Mary Lena Vogel Birchler Family, about 1900
Joseph and Mary Lena Vogel Birchler family: photo key
Frank and Hazel Varner Wilson Birchler
Joseph Birchler Family Reunion, Coulterville, IL, 1932. Frank Stephan Birchler seated at right, Meinrad Benedict Birchler standing at right.
Joseph Birchler family reunion: photo key
Frank Stephan Birchler
Rosa Josephine Zehnder Birchler