I am trying to find any information on my great great grandparents Jacob & Catherina, depends on the census year what their last name might be, Acording to census records Jacob was born in Switzerland and Catherina either France or Germany. 1850 last name ABELE also listed living with them are Magdalena DEWITT born Switzerland, Catherina & Emily BIAS.... 1860 ABLE... 1870 AFLEY, they are buried in Council Hill Jo Daviess Co IL under the last name ABLEY along with the BIAS girls and 2 sons Friedolin and Kaspar, in the1880 census their 2 surviving daughters Sarah & Magdalena are in New Glarus Green Co WIS last name AEBLY their son Jacob(my great grandfather) is in LaSalle Co IL last name ABLEY son Henry is still in Council Hills last name ABLY, at some point their surviving children started using the last name ABBY or ABBEY, 1885 Jacob Jr is in NE under the last name ABBY, then he shows up in Teller Co CO using ABBY, Henry is in OK in 1920 using the last name ABBY and Sarah is buried in Denver under the last name ABBY, i haven't found any records for Magdalena or another son Joseph after the 1880 census, in 1894-95 i found Sarah in the Dixon city diectory in Lee Co IL.. I see in the Green Co website there is a family of AEBLY's in New Glarus from Switzerland and wonder if they are related somehow since that's where Sarah & Magdalena went after Jacob and Catherina died in 1877.
I was given the family bible last year it lists the names birth and death dates of Jacob, Catherine, Kaspar, Baspar Friedolin ABBY Catherina & Emily Bias BIAS, birthdates for Jacob jr, Henry, Joseph, Sarah, Magdalena and also listed in there is a Louisa Jane Churchel.
I would appreciated any advice.
Thank You
Peggy Thomas