Accession Number: Ph2025-017
Repository: West Virginia State Archives
Creator: Jacob Teuscher
Title: Teuscher family photographs
Date [inclusive]: 1900-1950s
Extent: 3 legal folders
Name of Creator(s): Jacob Teuscher.
Language: English
Citation: [item, collection number], Teuscher family photographs
Processing information: Meredith Barbery, April 2025.
Conditions on Use and Access: none
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Provenance: This collection was transferred to West Virginia Archives and History at The Cultural Center by West Virginia State Museum in December 2024.
Processing Notes: Items were removed from frames and placed in acid-free folders.
Sources of Information [if applicable]: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave (R) Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. "Obituary: Jacob Teuscher." History.Salem.Lib.Oh.Us, history.salem.lib.oh.us/SalemNewsFilm/. Accessed 3 April, 2025.
Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1872-2004 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
Ancestry.com. Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1872-2004 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Post-its found in collection and backs of photographs
Historical Note: Jacob Teuscher was born November 16, 1871 to Johannes Teuscher and Anna Ueltschi in North Georgetown, Columbiana, Ohio. He married Anna Marti in 1904. They had four daughters: Alma S. Teuscher (Hill) (1906-2006), Lena Ruth Teuscher (Gurtek) (1908-1996), Gertrude Ida Teuscher (Paul) (1912-1995), and Margaret Mae Teuscher (Smith) (1917-2010). They were part of the Helvetia community in Randolph County, West Virginia. Anna died in 1939, and Jacob passed in 1955.
Scope and Content: Teuscher family photographs, circa 1900s-1950s. Photographs of Teuscher family of the Helvetia community in Randolph County, West Virginia.
Related Materials [if applicable]:Ph81-040, Helvetia, ca. 1903-1920
Av2001-035, Helvetia: The Swiss of West Virginia, VHS.
Sc2008-059, Swiss reunion program
Arrangement: Arranged by person and then chronologically.
Contents
1:1 Teuscher family photographs, 1900-1950 (25)
1. Anna & Jacob Teuscher (6)
2. Teuscher Sisters, 1906-1920 (6)
3. Alma Sophia (Teuscher) Hill (1)
4. Lena Ruth & Frank Gurtek on their wedding day
5. Gertrude Ida (Teuscher) Paul, 1910s-1956 (2)
6. Gertrude Ida (Teuscher) Paul, 1920s
7. Margaret Mae (Teuscher) Smith, 1930s (3)
8. Johannes Teuscher
9. Teuscher Homestead (4)
1:2 Unidentified Teuscher extended family
1. Seven women and children in a black car, ca. 1920
2. Elderly woman standing in a yard
3. Two women in white dresses with dark bows and hats. Circa 1900.
4. Unidentified man in WWI military uniform.
5. Unidentified man in WWI military uniform.
6. Portrait of a woman with dark hair. Circa 1910.
7. Unidentified man in suit.
1:3 Helvetia Community Life
1. Church on a hill. 1910.
2. Helvetia school group photograph. Teacher, Mamie Ramsburg. 1912-1913.
3. Helvetia Band. June 16, 1918.
4. Christmas card. To Anna from Mathias. 1910.
5. "The Story of Helvetia Community". Prepared by Eugene Daetwyler, Annie Teuscher, and E. Metzner. 1924.