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GENEALOGY OF AMERICAN WELTYS FROM
LAUPERSWIL, CANTON BERN, SWITZERLAND

ANCESTORS and DESCENDANTS of NIKLAUS WÄLTI - born 1764

The following genealogy is the result of research by Peter Wälti , a genealogist living near Bern, Switzerland.  References to original church and municipal records are given in the links.  A discussion of the evidence leading to the conclusion that the Baumgartner book is wrong about the parents and siblings of Niklaus can be found  here.  The earliest ancestor of Niklaus who has been identified with reasonable certainty is Peter Wälti b.1679.  It is also known from the church records that the parents of Peter b.1679 are yet another Peter Wälti and Magdalena Leuenberger [Schönholzer].  Possibilities for the identity of the earlier Peter, and for the common ancestor with the Peter b.~1695 who emigrated to America in 1727, can be found here: EARLIER ANCESTORS and GENETIC GENEALOGY
- Peter Wälti, b.1679
m. Elsbeth Lüthi, 1705
- Magdalena, b.5.2.1706
- Peter, b.8.8.1707
- Katrina, b.5.7.1710
- Christen, b.7.2.1717
- Elisabeth, b.1.4.1723
- Peter Wälti, b.8.8.1707
m. (1) Christina Brechbühl, 1742 
     (2) Anna Kähr, 1755
- Christen, b.13.7.1742 in Rüderswil
- Peter, b.23.2.1744 in Rüderswil
- Johannes (Hans), b.15.9.1746 in Lützelflüh
- Anna, b.28.8.1688 in Burgdorf, d.1753
- Peter, b.23.6.1754 in Burgdorf, d.5.9.1754
- Peter, b.7.12.1755 [from the second marriage]
- Anna, b.21.8.1757
- Samuel, b.11.3.1759
- Niklaus, b.13.4.1764
- David b.17.6.1770

- Niklaus Wälti, b.13.4.1764, d.23.3.1834
m. Christina Badertscher, 1786
- Peter, b.31.8.1788
- Anna, b.11.2.1791
- Johannes, b.4.7.1794
- Christen, b.25.4.1800, d.18.9.1801
- Barbara, b.23.8.1802

- Johannes Wälti, b.4.7.1794
m. Christina Gerber, 1816
- Johannes, b.1817
- Anna Barbara, b.05.07.1819
- Peter, b.24.01.1822

- Verena, b.16.04.1824
- Mathys, b.03.03.1826
- Christen, b.02./13.07.1828, d.1839
- Friedrich, b.03.2.1831
- Elisabeth, b.24.8.1833
- Ulrich, b.19.05.1835
- Hans Ulrich, b.26.12.1836

- Johannes Wälti b.4.7.1817
m. Marianne Gerber, 1838
- Frederich Louis Gottlieb Wälti, b.12.05.1838
- Reuben David Welty, b.12.05.1869
- Otto R. Welty, b.1.18.1899
- next generation, b.1925
- next generation y-DNA match
- Jean Louis, b.4.3.1840
- Jean Abram, b.6.11.1841
- Christian, b.26.10.1843
- Verena, b.4.9.1845

- Peter Welty b.24.01.1822
m. Fanny Bixel, 1849
- Solomon Welty, b.10.10.1868
      - Metta Welty, b.5.4.1891, m. Joseph H. Probst, 1923 
           - next generation (Probst b.1924)
- see Baumgartner

- Friedrich Wälti, b.3.2.1831
m. Katharina Steiner, 1856
- Andrew J. Welty, b.1862
- Leo D. Welty, b. 1898
- next generation, b.1933
- next generation y-DNA match
- see Baumgartner