Below a most probably incomplete list of early settlers in the area of Neuchatel (Kansas), extracted from the "Old Settler's Tale" by F. F. Crevecoeur.
The lack of some dates and country of origin - as well as some rare transcription errors or surname changes are as taken from the original text.
If you believe you can complete one or the other field, please contact me.
Surname | Arrived | From | Arrived | Surname | From | |
(sorted by surnames) | (sorted by dates of arrival) | |||||
Abramson | 1870 | 1840 | Dockler | France | ||
Atwater | 1870 | 1848 | Henneberg | Germany | ||
Ballou | 1868 | England | 1851 | Wise | ||
Beams | 1873 | 1856 | Bishop | |||
Becker | 1870 | 1856 | Ginter | |||
Beiler | 1870 | 1856 | Ladner | Switzerland | ||
Benton | 1868 | 1857 | Bink | |||
Berges | 1872 | Germany | 1857 | Bonjour | Switzerland | |
Bink | 1857 | 1857 | Brunkow | Germany | ||
Bishop | 1856 | 1857 | Hartwick | Germany | ||
Bonjour | 1857 | Switzerland | 1857 | Koltermann | Germany | |
Bougeonville | 1866 | Belgium | 1857 | Mitz | ||
Brunkow | 1857 | Germany | 1857 | Moll | Germany | |
Brunner | 1870 | Switzerland | 1857 | Savoyard | ||
Bucher | 1867 | Switzerland | 1857 | Zurcher | Switzerland | |
Buchholz | 1865 | Germany | 1858 | Kuehl | Germany | |
Buzby | 1870 | 1858 | Mouton | |||
Carlier | 1872 | Belgium | 1858 | Simon | Switzerland | |
Carmichael | 1871 | 1858 | Tessendorf | Germany | ||
Carter | 1871 | England | 1859 | Gonske | Prussia | |
Cary | 1866 | 1859 | Koentz | Holland | ||
Cass | 1859 | Schlabbach | ||||
Chapin | 1869 | 1859 | Schumacher | Germany | ||
Chavanne | 1863 | France | 1860 | Crawford | ||
Clerget | 1871 | France | 1860 | McLaughlin | ||
Coffelt | 1874 | 1860 | Zabel | Prussia | ||
Colwell | 1861 | Grim | Prussia | |||
Colyer | 1862 | Laporte | France | |||
Conant | 1863 | Chavanne | France | |||
Conaway | 1869 | 1863 | Cooper | |||
Cooper | 1863 | 1863 | Schneider | Germany | ||
Crawford | 1860 | 1863 | Teske | Germany | ||
Crevecoeur | 1869 | Belgium | 1865 | Buchholz | Germany | |
Davin | 1873 | 1865 | Kline | Irland | ||
Dehay | France | 1865 | O'Hara | Irland | ||
Descombes | 1867 | Switzerland | 1865 | Peyrouse | France | |
Dockler | 1840 | France | 1865 | Reboul | France | |
Dodds | 1867 | Ireland | 1866 | Bougeonville | Belgium | |
Doolittle | England | 1866 | Cary | |||
Dressey | 1866 | 1866 | Dressey | |||
Dulac | France | 1866 | Frezieres | Isle of Jersey | ||
Dunning | 1869 | 1866 | Gilson | Belgium | ||
Dupont | 1872 | Belgium | 1866 | King | ||
Eggins | 1869 | 1866 | Labbe | France | ||
Eiseman | 1869 | 1866 | Leroux | |||
Fischer | 1870 | Switzerland | 1866 | Matzke | Germany | |
Flaherty | 1866 | Pecheur | France | |||
Force | 1872 | Canada | 1866 | Pepin | Canada | |
Frezieres | 1866 | Isle of Jersey | 1866 | Seigneur | France | |
Gauchat | 1869 | Suisse | 1866 | Smisher | ||
Gaume | 1867 | France | 1866 | Spade | ||
Giles | 1866 | Stiennon | Belgium | |||
Gilson | 1866 | Belgium | 1866 | Summerville | Ireland | |
Ginter | 1856 | 1866 | Theys | Belgium | ||
Gonske | 1859 | Prussia | 1866 | Trotman | ||
Grim | 1861 | Prussia | 1866 | Wery | Belgium | |
Gurtler | Bohemia | 1867 | Bucher | Switzerland | ||
Gurtler | 1873 | Germany | 1867 | Descombes | Switzerland | |
Hamilton | 1867 | Dodds | Ireland | |||
Hartwick | 1857 | Germany | 1867 | Gaume | France | |
Hartzfelt | 1867 | Mitz | Germany | |||
Hastings | 1871 | 1867 | Sauvageot | France | ||
Hawk | 1868 | Ballou | England | |||
Henneberg | 1848 | Germany | 1868 | Benton | ||
Henry | 1869 | Switzerland | 1868 | Kelly | ||
Herrington | 1868 | Keppert | ||||
Hetzler | 1868 | Kerin | ||||
Higgins | 1870 | Canada | 1868 | Lacour | France | |
Higgs | 1868 | Major | ||||
Hitchner | 1877 | 1868 | Mars | France | ||
Hollister | 1868 | Miller | Germany | |||
Honig | 1870 | Germany | 1868 | Perro | Italy | |
Honstead | 1870 | 1868 | Ristow | Germany | ||
Horth | 1870 | 1868 | Sandoz | Switzerland | ||
Ingalsbe | 1871 | 1868 | Small | |||
Jacobs | 1874 | 1868 | Tyron | |||
Jeanjaquet | 1869 | Switzerland | 1869 | Chapin | ||
Joyce | 1869 | Conaway | ||||
Junod | 1877 | Switzerland | 1869 | Crevecoeur | Belgium | |
Keeney | 1874 | 1869 | Dunning | |||
Kelly | 1868 | 1869 | Eggins | |||
Keppert | 1868 | 1869 | Eiseman | |||
Kerin | 1868 | 1869 | Gauchat | Switzerland | ||
King | 1866 | 1869 | Henry | Switzerland | ||
Kirsch | 1872 | France | 1869 | Jeanjaquet | Switzerland | |
Kline | 1865 | Ireland | 1869 | Morris | ||
Knipp | 1871 | Germany | 1869 | Pratt | ||
Koentz | 1859 | Holland | 1869 | Rollenhagen | Prussia | |
Koltermann | 1857 | Germany | 1870 | Abramson | ||
Kuehl | 1858 | Germany | 1870 | Atwater | ||
Labbe | 1866 | France | 1870 | Becker | ||
Lacour | 1868 | France | 1870 | Beiler | ||
Ladner | 1856 | Switzerland | 1870 | Brunner | Switzerland | |
Ladwig | 1870 | Buzby | ||||
Laporte | 1862 | France | 1870 | Fischer | Switzerland | |
Lavigue | 1871 | France | 1870 | Higgins | Canada | |
Lefevbre | 1871 | Belgium | 1870 | Honig | Germany | |
Leroux | 1866 | 1870 | Honstead | |||
Lindemann | 1873 | Germany | 1870 | Horth | ||
Lorg | 1871 | France | 1870 | Marel | France | |
Major | 1868 | 1870 | McArthur | |||
Marel | 1870 | France | 1870 | Mentha | Switzerland | |
Mars | 1868 | France | 1870 | Paulin | France | |
Martin | 1873 | Germany | 1870 | Robin | Belgium | |
Matzke | 1866 | Germany | 1870 | Schwartzenb | ||
McArthur | 1870 | 1870 | Schwarz | Germany | ||
McLaughlin | 1860 | 1870 | Souleret | France | ||
Mentha | 1870 | Switzerland | 1871 | Carmichael | ||
Miller | 1868 | Germany | 1871 | Carter | England | |
Milliard | 1875 | 1871 | Clerget | France | ||
Mitz | 1857 | 1871 | Hastings | |||
Mitz | 1867 | Germany | 1871 | Ingalsbe | ||
Moll | 1857 | Germany | 1871 | Knipp | Germany | |
Morris | 1869 | 1871 | Lavigue | France | ||
Mouton | 1858 | 1871 | Lefevbre | Belgium | ||
Murray | 1873 | 1871 | Lorg | France | ||
Nicklas | 1873 | Germany | 1871 | Sampson | ||
Noble | 1871 | Surdez | Switzerland | |||
Nolan | 1872 | Berges | Germany | |||
Nye | 1872 | Carlier | Belgium | |||
O'Donnell | 1872 | Dupont | Belgium | |||
O'Hara | 1865 | Ireland | 1872 | Force | Canada | |
Paulin | 1870 | France | 1872 | Kirsch | France | |
Pecheur | 1866 | France | 1872 | Skinner | ||
Pepin | 1866 | Canada | 1872 | Somers | ||
Perro | 1868 | Italy | 1872 | Tooker | ||
Perrussel | 1873 | Beams | ||||
Petit | 1873 | Davin | ||||
Peyrouse | 1865 | France | 1873 | Gurtler | Germany | |
Pinet | 1876 | France | 1873 | Lindemann | Germany | |
Porr | 1873 | Martin | Germany | |||
Pratt | 1869 | 1873 | Murray | |||
Reboul | 1865 | France | 1873 | Nicklas | Germany | |
Risson | 1874 | Coffelt | ||||
Ristow | 1868 | Germany | 1874 | Jacobs | ||
Robin | 1870 | Belgium | 1874 | Keeney | ||
Rollenhagen | 1869 | Prussia | 1875 | Milliard | ||
Sampson | 1871 | 1876 | Pinet | France | ||
Sandoz | 1868 | Switzerland | 1876 | Vautravers | Switzerland | |
Sauvageot | 1867 | France | 1877 | Hitchner | ||
Savoyard | 1857 | 1877 | Junod | Switzerland | ||
Schlabbach | 1859 | 1877 | Weber | |||
Schmidt | Alsace, France | Cass | ||||
Schneider | 1863 | Germany | Colwell | |||
Schroeder | Colyer | |||||
Schumacher | 1859 | Germany | Conant | |||
Schwartzenberger | 1870 | Dehay | France | |||
Schwandt | Doolittle | England | ||||
Schwarz | 1870 | Germany | Dulac | France | ||
Seigneur | 1866 | France | Flaherty | |||
Simon | 1858 | Switzerland | Giles | |||
Skinner | 1872 | Gurtler | Bohemia | |||
Small | 1868 | Hamilton | ||||
Smisher | 1866 | Hartzfelt | ||||
Somers | 1872 | Hawk | ||||
Souleret | 1870 | France | Herrington | |||
Spade | 1866 | Hetzler | ||||
Stiennon | 1866 | Belgium | Higgs | |||
Summerville | 1866 | Ireland | Hollister | |||
Surdez | 1871 | Switzerland | Joyce | |||
Teske | 1863 | Germany | Ladwig | |||
Tessendorf | 1858 | Germany | Noble | |||
Theys | 1866 | Belgium | Nolan | |||
Thomas | Nye | |||||
Tooker | 1872 | O'Donnell | ||||
Trotman | 1866 | Perrussel | ||||
Tyron | 1868 | Petit | ||||
Utzy | Porr | |||||
Vail | Risson | |||||
Vautravers | 1876 | Switzerland | Schmidt | Alsace, France | ||
Weber | 1877 | Schroeder | ||||
Wege | aft 1872 | Pomerania, Germany | Schwandt | |||
Wery | 1866 | Belgium | Thomas | |||
Wise | 1851 | Utzy | ||||
Young | Vail | |||||
Zabel | 1860 | Prussia | aft 1872 | Wege | Pomerania, Germany | |
Zimmerman | Young | |||||
Zurcher | 1857 | Switzerland | Zimmerman |