MEMOIR OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL GERSTER-CASTOR REUNION BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 1987

Authors

Richard J. Caster

Keywords

memior, first international gerster-castor reunion, Swiss American Historical Society

Abstract

Two hundred and fifty years have elapsed since Hans Georg Gerster, a Swiss from the village of Gelterkinden in the Canton of Basel, emigrated to the New World. Pietist leanings and his quest for citizenship in this new land were strong inducements for him to embark on the Rhine from Basel in July, 1736. With him were his mother, Elsbeth Sparr of Herzogenbuchsee, and his three-months pregnant wife, Eva Gysin of Holstein. Arriving in Rotterdam, they boarded the Princess Augusta, and set sail for the New World via Cowes, England arriving safely after being shipwrecked off shore, at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, September 15, 1736.

Recommended Citation

Caster, Richard J. (1988) "MEMOIR OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL GERSTER-CASTOR REUNION BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 1987," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 24: Iss. 3, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol24/iss3/5