The Probst Name (Pedigree)

The Probst line has been researched more than 12 generations back to 1518. Starting with Mr. and Mrs. Probst in Lützelflüh, Bern, Switzerland.

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The format of the information is as follows:

Name (Wife's Name)
Birth - Death
Birth Place - Death Place

Mr. Probst (Mrs. Probst)
1518 - ?
Lützelflüh, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Johannes Jacob Probst (Anna Klichhofer)
1542 - 1577
Lützelflüh, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Christen Probst (Magdalena Christen)
1616 - ?
Lützelflüh, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Michael Probst (Katharina Flackinger)
1649 - 1737
Lützelflüh, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Ulrich Probst (Anna Lengehnegger)
1674 - ?
Lützelflüh, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Hans Ulrich Probst (Elisabeth Dietsch)
1695 - 1744
Bern, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Jakob Probst (Verena Schindler)
1719 - 1803
Bern, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Hans Probst (Magdalena Schertenlieb)
1753 - 1791
Bern, Switzerland - ?, Switzerland

Father of:

Johann Ulrich Probst (Anna Barbara Hess)
1798 - 1869
Bern, Switzerland - Bern, Switzerland

Father of:

Ulrich Probst (Anna Barbara Kiener)
1838 - 1923
Bern, Switzerland - Midway, Utah

Father of:

Jacob Probst (Mary Magdalena Huber)
1864 - 1950
Bern, Switzerland - Midway, Utah

Father of:

Karl Lorenzo Probst (Carrie "Cree" Sophia Wright)
1895 - 1986
Midway, Utah - Midway, Utah

The Old House Speaks

Memories of Cree's Poems as told by GWP:

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This is one of my favorite poems. My mother (Cree) wrote it as a tribute to the Huber family. Dad (Karl) did the oil painting of the old Huber home just below our cabin up Snake Creek. Uncle Joe Huber (old bachelor) lived there as long as I remember. He was a very kind man, and I enjoyed stopping by for a cold drink of water out of the little stream that ran right by his front door there on the left of the cabin. The old creamery is to the far left. They made cheese and took it to the mining camps in Brighton and Alta to sell to the miners. It was one way they could get cash. Ulrich and Jacob made the three-day round trip, if my memory serves me well. They walked up either Lime Canyon or Snake Creek Canyon, depending on their destination. When my sister Joyce lived in Prescott, AZ, she put Mom's poem and Dad's painting together and printed some copies at the press they owned at the time.

The poem reads:

THE OLD HOUSE SPEAKS
©1985

I'm old and tired and lonely
My boards are weather-worn,
My windows and doors are sagging
I'm deserted and forlorn.

My porch is bent and broken
My roof is almost gone,
But inside there's haunting mem'ries
Of happy days long gone.

I sheltered first a man and wife
A young and happy pair,
They planted trees and tilled the soil
And music filled the air.

The years passed by and children came
I sheltered them by day,
At night I listened to their prayers
I watched them at their play.

There was John and Al and Mary
And Em and Neph and Lize,
Then Joe and Ida came along
To strengthen family ties.

They worked and played together
They laughed and loved and grew,
Their mountain home in Snake Creek
Was the greatest joy they knew.

But time passed by - they went away
Grandchildren and Greatgrands came,
For years their laughter filled the air
They shouted and played games.

Each year the memories of this place
Grew deeper in each heart,
And many a tear was freely shed
When the sad time came to part.

I felt myself grow older
When everyone was gone,
Except the one called Uncle Joe
And he stayed on and on.

He loved the streams and mountains
the Flowers and the trees,
He loved the handiwork of God
The sweet cool evening breeze.

And then one day he said goodbye
And as he went away,
I felt I couldn't stand it
Till he came back to stay.

I waited, but he didn't come
My boards began to creak,
But oh, the stories I could tell
If I could only speak.

Today I'm sad and lonely
Yet, I cherish all the years,
I sheltered the Huber family
and shared their joys and tears.

Ulrich & Anna Barbara Probst

Taken from Ulrich Probst's History:

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Ulrich was the son of Johann Ulrich Probst and Anna Barbara Hess, born 23 April 1838 in Luetzelflueh, Bern, Switzerland. He acquired a common school education according to the Swiss law. His environment was strictly puritanical. Like his parents he was a member of the Swiss Reformed Church. Following his education he served four years as an apprentice in his father's tailor shop. This work proved exacting, for while on duty he was compelled to hold a ball under his chin which indicated to his father whether or not Ulrich was attending to his job or looking at passers by. During the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 he served in the Swiss army. Among other duties while in the service, he made uniforms for the soldiers. He was a good sportsman and ranked as a leader among his associates. At the age of nineteen he married Anna Barbara Kiener, a school teacher. Anna Barbara was the daughter of Niklaus Kiener and Rosina Hofer, born 17 June 1831 in Bolligen, Bern, Switzerland. She acquired sufficient education to qualify as a teacher, which profession she practiced until her marriage. She was very adept at learning and could read and write when five years of age before she started school. She also memorized 120 questions which every student in those days had to memorize before graduating from district school. She was an excellent singer and so developed her voice that it was said of her she possessed one of the finest voices musically.

Ulrich and Anna Barbara were attracted to the message of Mormonism, and when Elders Karl G. Maeser and Willard Richards brought the gospel to their city, they welcomed them heartily and offered their home for the first cottage meeting. Ulrich was baptized on 14 January 1869 and Anna Barbara on the 18th of February 1869 by Elder Willard Richards. Ulrich was baptized by Niklaus Sommer, and shortly after he was made an Elder and president of the Sheril Branch. In this position he was instrumental in converting the Fred Hauetter and John Sonderegger families. Along with increased understanding of the gospel came the desire to emigrate to Zion. By means of savings and a small inheritance they came to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City on the 4th of July 1872. Ulrich had five dollars left at that time with which to establish himself and family. It took three days to make the trip to Midway with a one-horse team and an ox team.

For a time the family lived in a log house of one room with a dirt floor. Ulrich acquired a squatter's right to some land in Snake Creek where they lived during the summers and returned to the town for the winters. In a religious capacity Ulrich served as secretary, and as one of the Presidents of the 96th Quorum of Seventies. He also led the German choir in Midway. In 1888 he was called to fill a mission to the Swiss-German territory. When he returned in 1891, he married a plural wife, Rosa Schaub, whom he met and converted during his mission. As a result of this marriage, he was disfellowshipped, but later was reinstated. He and his wife fled to Mexico with other polygamous refugees. Later they returned to the United States and settled in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. From this marriage there were four sons and three daughters born. In his later life he returned to Midway, and died and was buried there. Anna Barbara had a long hard life, but was a sweet, kind, and very patient mother and grandmother. She died and was buried in Midway.

Ulrich and Anna Barbara were the parents of ten children, nine sons and one daughter. Eight of the sons were born in Switzerland, and Edward and Emma were born in Midway. Johannes (1), Frederich, and Emil died as children. John Gottlieb passed away at age 63, Johannes (2) age 26, and Emma Elizabeth age 8 years. Four of the sons married, John Ulrich married to Susanna Gertsch; Jacob married to Mary Magdalena Huber; Ernst married to Emma Marie Kohler, and Edward A. married to Margaret Watkins. The posterity of this couple numbers thirty-one grandchildren, and many great grandchildren in the third and fourth generations. We their posterity honor and respect them for accepting the gospel to bring about our heritage and lives here in Zion.

Ulrich Probst Home

This is the old log cabin up Snake Creek where Karl L. Probst was born June 7, 1895. It was called the Ulrich Probst home and had a dirt floor. On the back of the photo is this information by Mary Huber Probst:" Old home built in Snake Creek by Grandpa Probst (Jacob's dad Ulrich) about 1878. The family moved up to the ranch every summer for about 10-12 years. As boys and girls, we used to have good times together. John (Marguerite and Matilda's dad) and I used to wile away our time under the quaking aspen trees––reading and playing cards and croquet. Papa (Ulrich) bought the farm in 1891 before he went on a mission (to Switzerland), and when he came back, we (Mary and Jacob) lived for two summers in the log house. Karl (Probst) was born here in 1895. Many fond memories and good times around the old place."

On another photo is found this information written by Jacob Probst: "First house lived in after marriage, the summer of 1894, old homestead built 1878 by my father (Ulrich), I at that time being 14 years old. I helped in building the house the same year Brother John Huber built his house in Snake Creek (later known as Uncle Joe's Cabin). I spent some of the happiest and some of the most sorrowful moments of my life in this old log house. My only sister Emma E. Probst died in this house, 24th day of August, 1884, being eight years old at her death. Our first baby, Karl, was born here in 1895. My father (Ulrich) and family lived here during the summers for 12 years."

The family pictured may be Jacob Probst's family, but the picture could be older than that. If that is the case, it would be Ulrich's family.