Bartholomew Heimgartner

Bartholomew and Margaret (Schibli) Heimgartner. The parents were also natives of Switzerland and there received their education in the public and parochial schools, grew up and were married. It was in that country that their children were born and there the parents lived and died. The father engaged in farming and was recognized as one of the influential men of the neighborhood in which he lived. They were devout members of the Catholic church and always took much interest in church work. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom came to America, Leodegar, Robert and Albrik.