Background on Charles Holser b 1803
Searching for ancestors of Charles Holser.Here is some information that was collected and documented by his children and grandchildren (Transcript from the "Heininger Supplement"):
"Charles Holser was born in Caton Berne, Switzerland, on Aug 12, 1803. While he was still a young boy his father died, and his mother married again. But as he grew up, young Charles did not get on well with his step-father; so he finally made arrangements to come to the United States with a family by the name of Zimmerman, contracting work for Mr. Zimmerman for three full years after arrival in this country, for just his clothing and board. So he left his family and set out for the New World with the Zimmerman family, and later had almost no connection with his own family in Switzerland. He was thirteen years old when he came to the United States, where he went directly to Holmes County, Ohio, where he worked out his contract with Mr. Zimmerman. Later he engaged in work for himself, and while employed in a winery near Winesburg, Ohio, he married Catherine Longenecker."
-Scott Ziolek