M. Ressler Genealogical Database

1840PA,1860PA, 1880PA

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13 July 1823 : Birth - Frutigen, Switzerland
about 1830 : Immigration - USA
between 1851 and 1896 : Occupation
Organ Builder
1856 : Wohnort
Business (organ builder) address: S.W. corner 6th & Walnut
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1 January 1896 : Retirement - Reading, PA
Transferred his business to son-in-law Gideon Jeffreys
28 July 1896 : Disease - Harrisburg, PA
"..taken suddenly ill, and was confined to his bed in the Hirsche house."
29 July 1896 : Disease
Taken back to Reading by son-in-law Gideon Jeffreys.
1 August 1896 : Death - Reading, PA
"Cholera morbus"
5 August 1896 : Newspaper - Allentown Morning Call, Allentown, PA

Bohler, Samuel

The well-known organ builder of Reading, Samuel Bohler, died on Saturday. He was born near Berne, Switzerland and came to this country when about six years of age. He learned the trade of organ builder and was engaged in that business up to the time of his death. He built a number of pipe organs in the Allentown churches. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gideon S. Jeffries of Reading, two sisters, Mrs. Owen Seip of Atchison, Kansas and Miss Susan Bohler, of Freepart, Ill. Deceased was a member of the Reformed Church.

[Source: Allentown Morning Call, Wednesday, August 5, 1896. Submitted by Jerri.]
5 August 1896 : FunrlAnnc
"The funeral of Samuel Bohler took place from his residence, 109 South Ninth, at 1:00 P.M. The remains were dressed in a black suit covered with an eiderdown blanket and rested in a walnut casket with silver trimmings and extension bar handles and plate bearing the name and age of the deceased. Rev. Dr. S.R. Briedenbaugh held services at the house. The bearers were John Bubp, Wm. T. Hale, Philip Ermentrout, and John H. Obold. Those present from out of town were Mrs. Jones & son, Mrs. John Bohler and Mrs. Deener and daughter of Pottsville, Mrs. Fred Bohler of Mohnsville, Mrs. Herman and daughter Aggie, of Kutztown, and Mrs. James Rosenberger, of Perkasie. Interment was private at the Charles Evans Cemetery. Undertaker Hunter Henninger had charge."
5 August 1896 : Burial - Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, PA
6 August 1896 : Obituary - Reformed Church Messenger

"DEATH OF SAMUEL BOHLER, the Well-Known Organ Builder - - Taken Ill While at Harrisburg. Samuel Bohler, the well-known organ manufacturer, residing at 109 South Ninth street, Reading, died of cholera morbus at 3 p.m., Saturday, aged 73 years. His death was very sudden and unexpected. He left with several workmen on Monday for Harrisburg, where he superintended the erection of a large organ for the Zion's Lutheran Church. On Tuesday evening he was taken suddenly ill, and was confined to his bed at the Hirsche house. Dr. Gerhart, of that place, was called in and did all in his power to alleviate his sufferings, but of no avail. On Wednesday morning, Mr. Bohler's son-in-law, G.S. Jeffries, was telegraphed for and he immediately went to Harrisburg, where he found that Mr. Bohler's condition was very serious. Mr. Jeffries at once made arrangements to have him removed to Reading, and he was taken there on Wednesday evening. His sufferings at times were intense, and death came very peacefully.

Deceased was the son of John and Margaret Bohler, both deceased, and he was born in Switzerland, near Berne. His parents went to Reading when he was six years of age and settled there. Deceased learned the trade of organ-making with his father, and after the latter's death he took charge of the business, which was established in 1820. For awhile the family lived in Orwigsburg. Mr. Bohler became widely known as an organ builder, and built instruments for churches in different parts of Eastern Pennsylvania and outside of the state. His factory was located for years on Court street below Eighth, from where it was removed to Bingaman street near Tenth. On January 1st, 1896, Mr. Bohler transferred his factory to his son-in-law, Gideon S. Jeffries, and then retired from active business life, only now and then superintending the erection of an organ.

His wife, Malinda (nee Lobach), of Lobachsville, died in 1891. Deceased is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Jeffries, of Reading, and two sisters, Mrs. Owen Seip, of Atchison, Kansas, and Susan, of Freeport, Ill. Deceased was a member of the Second Reformed Church, Reading."