Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas Genealogy

Kansas Dickinson County  Abilene

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Cemeteries

 * Index, Abilene Cemetery, Dickinson County, Kansas Viewable

History

 * Abilene,_Kansas (Wikipedia)
 * Recollections of life at St. Joseph's orphanage Abilene, Kansas, 1940's Viewable
 * History and genealogy, Stephan Rohrer, wife Anna Walliser, New Basel, Abilene, Kansas, 1437-1975 ncludes Benham, Rothenberger, Sanders, Sims, Tischhauser, Wallser and related families. Stephan Rohrer (1821-1884) married Anna Walliser in 1842 and immigrated from Switzerland to Newbern Township, Dickinson County, Kansas, and died in Abilene, Kansas. Descendants and relatives lived in Kansas, Ohio, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, California and elsewhere. Includes ancestors in Switzerland to 1437 A.D.

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * History and genealogy of the Senn families, New Basel, Abilene, Kansas, 1799-1972 Leonard Senn (1799-1862) married Barbara Hofmänner in 1822. They had ten children, 1823-1845, born at Räfis, Switzerland. The family immigrated to the United States in 1855 and settled at New Basel, County, Kansas. Descendants listed lived in Kansas, Illinois, Iowa, California and elsewhere. Includes some ancesstors in Switzerland.