[Select image for detail page] Amsler Family Christmas circa. 1938 in Luling, Texas Sammy is in on “Trigger” wearing cub scout uniform. Spot, is the dog behind the horse, “Trigger”. Note that Sammy climbed corral fence in back yard to mount the horse in those days! Trigger was eventually let out to pasture and became too wild to ride. Amslers of Austin's Colony presents two images of Phill Amslers sons on page 94 Henry and Lewis served in WW II, Sammy enlisted in the Air Force in July, 1947, serving six years and was discharged in 1953 just before entering U.T. Other 13th generation Amslers included Bill and Bobbie's children Sherry Shaw, Bob Amsler, Tella Amsler. Marjorie daughter of Lilian Amsler and Donne Lynn Kurc and Jeannine Kurc, were daughters of Lillian (Amsler) Kurc and Leon Kurc. Images are limited, but those that are available can be located in family reunion Albums . If you look closely all of the 13th Generation cousins can be found within the albums. Let us know which ones you recognize. 13th Generation Amsler page, 13 GEN 4TH GEN TX list sammy's generation of cousins with photos. 13th Generation Amsler page, I.e. the 4th Generation Texans is below illustrating the oldest cousins on this page with link to the page listen all first in the generation of Lewis and Henry Amsler. This page could be extended from the siblings of thse cousins, but we do not have images or details on same as as presented on this page: 13th, Generation 13th Generation from: Karl Conrad as 9th generation This group of first cousins are 4th generation Texans Lewis on right (the oldest) and Henry on left Thirteenth Generation -5th Generation U.S. Louis Henry Select image on left to view 4th Generation Cousins page Page linked above shows cousins by age of parents. A page for 13th Generation is detailed within pages aoac 93-96 including up to 16th Generation Amslers. described in the following paragraph. Note: Since the 9th generation amsler immigrated into this country, 13th Generation Amslers are the 4th generation of Amslers born in Texas. The above image for 13th Generation represents the first cousins of Sammy Amsler's generation. Other cousins and siblings are described in pages 93-96 of aoac. 13th Generation Amslers (fourth generation born in Texans) in in order by age of parents of: Louis Philip Amsler, Henry Amsler, Sammy Amsler, Marjorie Amsler. Donna Lynn Andes and Jeannine Hiley daughters of Leon Kurc/Lillian (Tea) Amsler Kurc, Monica Amsler, Charlie Amsler, Sherry Amsler Shaw, Bob Amsler and Tella Amsler, 14th generation Amslers or 5th Generation Texas Amslers includes Bob Amsler's siblings, Sherry Amsler's siblings, Tella's Siblings, Louis Philip Amsler's siblings, Henry Amsler's sibling, Majorie's siblings, and siblings of Donne Lynn Kurc and Jeannine Kurc. A page was created focusing on the 4th generation Texas cousins that could be expanded to their siblings as 5th generation Texans that include Tommy Amsler siblings and their siblings representing the 6th generation of amslers in Texas and their siblings represent the 7th generation Texans. Since "Amslers of Austin's Colony ended in 1976 and information beyond 13 generation amslers is not available from that book, but listing of names of siblings described as the 14h and 15th generation are identified as Tommy Amslers, son, Eric and Tommy Amslers daughters that are the category as 6th generation Texans. From the 9th Generaton, Charles Konrad Amsler to 10th Louis Philip Amsler, to 11 th W.T Amsler to 12th Generations of Lous, West, Charlie, W.T. Jr and Lillian Kurc to their 13th gen offspring Louis, Henry, Sammy, Marjorie, her two sisters Donna Lynn Andes and Jeannine Hiley daughters of Lillian (Tea) Amsler Kurc, Monica and Charles, Sherry Amsler Shaw, her sister Tella and her brother Bob Amsler. Tommy Amsler is of the 14 generation and his son and two daughters represent the 15th generation described through pages 95- 96.

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Note that a page will be linked here when photos are available for the 14th, 15th and 16th Generation Amslers. Please note that the since the 9th generation amsler immigrated into this counry, 14th Generation Amslers are the 5th generation of amslers to be born in Texas. If you are in this category please send your photos to be included on this page using e-mail address:
[Sammy Amsler]
14th Generation Amslers includes Bob Amsler's siblings, Sherry Amsler's siblings, Tella's Siblings, Louis Philip Amsler's siblings, Henry Amsler's sibling, Majorie's siblings, and siblings of Donne Lynn Kurc and Jeannine Kurc. We would like to list the names of siblings described as the 14h Generation on to the 15th generation, but that depends on responses to this web site. Names, locations, and addresses would be preferred, but that is up to those Amsler descendants who read this web page. Tommy Amslers, son, Eric's daughter is the 15th generation amsler or the 6th generation in this country.

Photos mailed will be returned. Also, if you recognize missing names on this page linked here Please respond with update and/or corrections to above e-mail address. Depending on e-mail responses, the web page for 14th-16th generations could be a works in progress, but the focus for 2021 is to refurbish amslers.com with the information and images that have previously been collected or are extracted from "Amslers of Austin's Colony."

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Amanda Amsler insert

Amanda Amsler: September, 1987 Seton honored Amanda Howze Amsler's gift in memory of her father, Joseph E. Howze. M.D. Kathryn Amsler Priddy, Mrs. Amsler's daughter, joined with other family members to celebrate and honor her mother's generosity. Mrs. Amsler's philanthropic legacy and that of her family will continue to bring good health and hope to Central Texans in need. The Photo (from left to right), Cincy Howsa; Diane Priddy, Rear C. Chote, Betty Priddy Walker, Henry Priddy, and Kathryn Amsler Priddy, Mrs. Amsler's daughter.

Amanda Amsler, who married into the Amsler family sponsored Amslers of Austin´s Colony. In Acknowledgement, “A great debt is due Amanda (Howze) Amsler, not an Amsler bloodline descendant but one whose love and devotion, interest in and concern with the early history of the family of her husband, Hervey Meyer Amsler, caused her to rove across the prairies of Texas, travel to other parts of America, and ultimately to visit Switzerland, crossing that same ocean that the Amslers of yesterday traversed when they first came as settlers to Texas. The title, Amslers of Austin´s Colony is not intended to imply that the Amslers were among Stephen F. Austin´s Old Three Hundred, but that they settled within geographical boundaries of his colony. These were described in Davis and Grove's “New Encyclopedia of Texas”as beginning on the San Jacinto River, ten leagues form the coast, up the river to its source and thence in a line to the Nacogdoches-San Antonio road, this road being the northern boundary; the western boundary was the Lavaca River and a line form its source to the above named road.

According to the Handbook of Texas (IR)(Vol II p. 184), “The law provided for settlement by the local governments of immigrants not introduced by empresarios.” Title to Charles Conrad Amsler’s headright was issued by the Board of Land Commissioners for the County of Austin on March 1, 1838.

The fourth class Land Certificate granted by the Republic of Texas to Marcus Amsler was signed by Edwin Waller, Chief Justice and Ex Officio President of Board of Land Commissioners for Austin County in 1845.

References:
Amsler's (IR)Handbook of Texas:
SHINER, TX. The Handbook of Texas Online. [Accessed Fri Dec 13 20:27:01 US/Central 2002 ]
Handbook of Texas:
GEORGE WEST, TX. The Handbook of Texas Online. [Accessed Fri Dec 13 20:23:19 US/Central 2002 ].

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Cat Springs Monument

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“In 1932 Cat Spring (IR)celebrated its centennial anniversary and the State of Texas erected this granite monument. Although it has error(s at the end of the town name, and placing the Amsler and Kleberg families there two or three years before they arrived), it is a very handsome marker”

Reference: Cat Spring (IR)Handbook of Texas

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Amsler family history is documented with genealogy and photos from “Amslers of the Austin’s Colony” published in 1970. The scope of the home page is to display family history from 9th generation which included some living in the 1970's. The purpose of the new page is to continue from the 12th generation from where the book, “Amslers of the Austin Colony ” leaves off in the early 70's up to present time. In doing so, the 11th generation from the book may be repeated to identify present generations and their relations the Amsler family from branch of William Tell and Cora Amsler shown on page 92 of “Amslers of the Austin’s Colony”. The new page is expected to be result of contributions by as many as we can contact for presenting Scope of a new page is works in progress. Other genealogy links: [Culpepper Connections! The Culpepper Family History Site:link](IR) [surname index for amslers list:Culpepper Connections link](IR) [Samuel Amsler (M) (7 Oct 1841 - 4 Mar 1934), #32261:Culpepper Connections link] (IR) [Go to top of page]

 

History of this site
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<<Background information on this web site>>

<<EDITOR'S NOTES rev 9/20/2021>>

amslers.altervista.org is a refurbished amslers.com web site that focuses on an Amsler clan in Texas. This site can be viewed by entering either in the address bar amslers.altervista.org or or amsler.website (until August, 2022 or beyond if the domain is renewed) and temporarily, or amslers.com is a redirect to this site.

CONDENSED HISTORY - September 23, 2021:

amslers.altervista.org, is re-constructed from samtexviews.altervista.org that applied embedded images rather than actual images stored on altervista.org host site. amslers.altervista.org applies images within the "IMAGES" directory on the host site. The home page for amslers.altervista.org includes links to other pages by selecting thumbnail images on the home page which directs the viewer to a devoted page related to the image selected. All pages linked from home page enable viewer to return to the home page as labeled at the top of each page. Since samtexviews.altervista.org site applies imbedded images from smugmug.com links, those images will fail to display at such time that smugmug.com account expires. We do not know how long that will be the case for amsler.com web site hosted at Godaddy.com. Web sites hosted by altervista.org remain viewable for years as long as the host altervista.org enables free hosting for these sites. Altervista.org host site's policy is if a site is inactive for 2 years the site is removed. So, the longevity of amslers.altervista depends on someone making minor changes to the site at least annually.

Sammy Amsler's ,link on home page , the author of both sites has created these sites for longevity beyond his life span. and has turned over amslers.com domain to Walter Amsler:Walter Amsler's siite from Switzerland

<<Earlier Background information on this web site>>

 

Amslers web site was formerly hosted by Time-Warner Road Runner. In December, 2008. This site was moved to GoDaddy.com along with the domain “amslers.com,”

The former Time Warner hosted web site with domain name “amslers.com’ was created in 2002 in initial introduction to using html script.

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Earlier Background information on this web site

Amslers web site was formerly hosted by Time-Warner Road Runner. In December, 2008. This site was moved to GoDaddy.com along with the domain amslers.com, The former Time Warner hosted web site with domain name amslers.com was created in 2002 as an on-line class exercise to learn HTML script language. Over the years, we decided to leave the site in the same format as originally created but we have made minor modifications and added sections for family reunions since 1965 until interrupted after 2019 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. On February 6, 2020 we refreshed many links that needed updated. We have included links to pages at shutterfly.com that are viable until that site is removed. Shutterfly.com continues to be viable as of September, 2021

<<Sources of images>>

The sources of images for Amslers web site were photos loaned by siblings of W.T. Amsler and Cora Amsler and other family members. Some images were scanned from borrowed photos. Other images were scanned images from old photographs within the book, “AMSLER of Austin’s Colony.” As we review linked sites containing family albums we will include those images within amslers.com web site hosted by Godaddy.com. A couple of images including Flato family and Samuel Amsler were contributed by distant relatives after viewing Amslers.com web site.

<<digitized book>>

We examined options for digitizing “Amslers of Austin's Colony.” Google has not done so with copy of the book in the Library of Congress. Since such an endeavor requires about twenty minutes per page if would be a “home brew” project using OCR software from Adobe costing about $300. With 291 pages the time invested to digitize the book with our scanner would require about 98 hours, or devoting eight hours a month we would be finished in a year. Now you understand why we searched for a digitizing service and found a service that digitized Amslers.com in pdf format for viewing, searching or printing pages from the book. GOLDENIMAGEINVOICE.pdf .

paypalforgoldenimagesllc.pdf is 7/19/10 recept. The cost was worth the investment. Since the public may browse this site, we do not show link to the book on this site, but members of extended family may request the url by by email.

<<The Torch's Final Flare>>

Recently we noticed near the back of the book that starting on page 244 of "Amslers of Austin's Colony" is “The Torch’s Final Flare” from pages 244 through 253 were written as “recollections by John C. Amsler," this writing is rich with information as referenced within the book, “Amslers of Austin’s Colony”. The original document is available at Baylor University Library.

listed under:
Amsler, Charles Conrad, Family
AMSLER (JOHN C.) PAPERS, 1891

Amsler, John C.
AMSLER (JOHN C.) PAPERS, 1891

From those references we understand that “The Torch’s Final Flare” was written in 1891. There is a supplement in Amslers of Austin’s Colony continues with “contemporary – April 27, 1938” following “The Torch’s Final Flare” – referenced in index within “Supplement D” when examining bookmarks from the pdf file, Amslers of Austin’s Colony” after page 253 is the title “Contemporary – April 27, 1938” continuing on through page 257, (author not identified) Can anyone clarify why the title was “contemporary – April 17, 1938,”We would have to physically examine Baylor University Library to see if it has the section, "Contemporary -April 27, 1938."

On page 286 of "Amslers of Austin's colony" is writing and images of “1976 Reunion of Amslers and Kin.” Additional pages have been added for each recent family reunion since 2007 with photos when taken. Some reunion pages included prior reunions aswell. At the top of the listed family reunions is 1965 photos collected by extended family. Images of 1976 reunion were extracted from page 286 of “Amslers of Austin’s Colony."

Earlier we posted a message with the Library of Congress posing the question if “Amslers of Austin’s Colony” will be eventually digitized for reading with an internet connection. The answer was somewhat vague. Google may scan all of the books in the Library of Congress, but who knows when that will take place. A recent article described Google digitizing out of print books, which is the case with "Amslers of Austin's Colony.” This gave me hope of referencing that work, if that ever materializes. This book is also located at several Texas libraries, including Public library in Houston, Texas. Earlier we performed a search and were able to identify municipal libraries that contain the book, "Amslers of Austin's Colony," and it was then that we discovered that the book can be found in the Library of Congress. Links to Library of Congress and other locations to access the book are listed below.