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Surnames: AMMER, BLATTER, HASLER
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Thursday, July 20, 1916, Volume
XXXIX, Number 36, Page 1, Column 6, “Aged German Citizen Dead.” [Transcribed on September
25, 2005 by RLJ from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern
Greene County Public Library.]
Honnus AMMER, one of Taylor Township’s aged German citizens, died Wednesday morning. He
was a native of Switzerland, but had resided in this country many years. He was aged
eighty-one years, eleven months and twenty-six days.
The funeral services will be held at his late residence near Antioch Church to-day,
conducted by Rev. Merritt OWEN. Interment in the German Cemetery at Peter HASLER’s.
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) DEATH RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Health Department, East Spring
Street, Bloomfield, Indiana, Book R, Page 76, #6: Haus AMMER, b. 24 Jul 1834 in
Switzerland, widower, d. 19 Jul 1916 in Greene County, aged 81 years 11 months 14 days,
Son of Henry {Heinrich} AMMER, b. Switzerland and Elizabeth BLATTER, b. Habken {County
Bern, Switzerland}. (2) CEMETERIES OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1994, G.C.H.S.,
Taylor Township, DUTCH/HASLER CEMETERY, Page 194, Columns 1 & 2: AMMER, John,
1831{sic}—1916, AMMER, Elizabeth, w/o John, 1835—1889; AMMER, William, brother of John,
1830—6 Feb 1912.