About Our Cousins

Numerically, there really isn’t much to the Fred Wanzenried branch of the Wanzenried family tree.

That is simply an observation, not a criticism.

After all, it's quality over quantity, right?

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Fred (1915-1996) was an only Son in a family of five. He married Margaret Ellerton (1917-1967), who was the only child to live to adulthood, in 1942.

They had five children, four of whom lived to adulthood.

Steven (1942-1942) died at childbirth.

Richard (1943-2005) had no children.

Nancy (1945- ) married Jerry Randolph (1944- ) in 1968 and they populated the branch nicely with four Sons:

1.   Greg (1972- ), who married Cameron King (1970- ) and has two daughters: Luma (1999- ) and Lola (2002- );

2.   Eric (1975- );

3.   Jonathan (1981- ), who married Brandy Kennedy (1981- ) and has three sons (Gavin (2007- ), Jace (2010- ) and Cody (2004- ) and one daughter (Evelyn (2014- ); and

4.   Matthew (1983- ).

Dave married Linda Pospisil (1949- ) in 1971 and had three sons, two of whom lived to adulthood: 

1.   Jeremy (1975-1975) died shortly after birth;

2.   Nicholas (1976- ) married Tiffany Tsumpis (1979- ); and

3.   Michael (1979- ) who married Lucy Harris (1977- ).

Kendra married Stan Shaff (1950- ) in 1972 and has two children: 

1.   Scott (1976- ) married Rosalia Murillo-Iniesta (1976- ) and has one daughter; and

2.   Kristin (1980- ), who thoroughly enjoys the company of Bryce.

For now, that’s it.

The Wanzenried namesake resides with Nicholas and Michael.

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The Fritz Wanzenried branch of the family tree includes a relatively small number in addition to the Fred Wanzenried branch.

Fritz (1884-1964) and Lina Althaus (1893-1981) had two daughters.

1.   Mathilde (1918-1995), who did not marry; and

2.   Rosemary (1920-2010) married Eugene Anderegg (1920-2011) and they had two sons: (1) James (1948- ) who married Sandra Mitchell (1947- ) and had two sons: Michael (1974- ) and Robert (1977- ), who married Shelly Jensen and has two sons; and (2) Fred (1950- ).

So, how about the Anderegg branch?

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Eugene was an only son of Ernest (1891-1974) and Mabel (nee Neale) Anderegg (1901-1955). He was born in Merced, California.

Ernest Anderegg was the oldest six children born to Joseph Andergg (1857-1940) and Babette (nee Schock) Anderegg (1868-1962), both Swiss immigrants:

1.   Ernest (1891-1974). Born in New York City and died in San Bernardino, California.

2.   Paul (1894-1942). No record of marriage. Born in Pennsylvania and died in Merced.

3.   Rose Anna (1895-1997) married Frank Ellsworth (1895-1965) and had no children. Rose was born in Pennsylvania and died in Merced; Frank was born in Kansas and died in Merced.

4.   John (1901-1994) married Marie Tillery (1912-1973) and had three children: John (1936- ); Shirley (1936-1996); and James (1939- ). John was born in Pennsylvania and died in Merced; Marie was born in Alabama and died in Merced. All of their children settled and remained in the Merced area.

5.   Joseph (1904-1982) married Anna Bosch 1907-1987) and had three sons: Raymond (1934- ); Ernest (1936- ); and Walter (1937- ). Joseph was born in New Jersey and died in Los Gatos, California; Anna was born in Switzerland and died in Merced. All of their children appear to have settled and remained in California.

6.   Eugene (1910-2004) married Albina Oletta (1920-2005). No record of children. Eugene was born in New Jersey and died in Merced; Albina was born and died in Merced.

The Anderegg family appears in records in California for the first time in Riverside in 1917, meaning the family moved after Eugene was born in 1910 and before 1917. When Ernest registered for the draft of World War I in 1918, he resided in Riverside, California. He served in the US Army from 1918 to 1919.

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It appears as though, the Anderegg family was in the midst of a move to central California when Ernest was discharged from the service in 1919. There are no records about his marriage to Mabel, who was a southern California native. Our uncle Eugene (Gene) was born in July 1920 in Merced, meaning that Ernest may have returned from the service, married Mabel (probably in Riverside) and moved to central California where Gene was born.

In the 1940 US Census, Ernest and his family resided in Highgrove, which is in southern California, with Mabel’s parents, Harry (1858-1946) and Susie (nee ____) Neale (1875- ). Harry and Susie married in 1892, had a son, Harry (1893- ) and emigrated to the US from England in 1899.

The Census forms indicates the Ernest, Mabel and Eugene lived in Merced in 1935, meaning they relocated to southern California between 1935 and 1940. Their residence in 1940 was on Mount Vernon Avenue, about 7 miles from the hillside location we so commonly associate with the Anderegg family.

Gene served in the US Army and following his discharge married Rosemary Wanzenried on August 19, 1946 in Santa Ana, California.

All of this means we have the two cousins we grew up with, Jimmy and Freddy, but also a number of once- and twice-removed cousins residing in the central valley of California.

Time for a family reunion!