I2739: Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (dates unknown)

Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (ID #I2739)

(male)
Family 1 : Marie FAVRE (dates unknown)

MARRIAGE:

Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (b. 09 AUG 1801, d. 1888)
David Emanuel MOTTIER (b. 01 JUN 1804)
Susanne Marie MOTTIER (b. 09 APR 1807)
Julie Marguerite MOTTIER (b. 27 JUL 1810)
Abraham Emanuel MOTTIER (b. 28 JAN 1814)
Marie Catherine MOTTIER (b. 14 APR 1817)

Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (ID #I2545)

(male)

BIRTH: 09 AUG 1801, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
BAPTISM: 06 SEP 1801, Ormont-Dessus, Vaud, Switzerland
DEATH: 1888, Erie Co., Pennsylvania

Father: Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (dates unknown)
Mother: Marie FAVRE (dates unknown)

Family 1 : Marie Justine SIEBENTHAL (b. 31 MAY 1809, d. 29 AUG 1867)

MARRIAGE: 25 APR 1827, Vevay, Switzerland Co., Indiana

Mottier vineyard label,
Erie Co., PA, circa 1920.

He was on the ship Thetis from Le Havre, arriving at New York on 05 jul 1821. He is listed as a "domestic" with the Pernet family, who also settled at Vevay.

A biographical sketch of his son Albert E. Mottier was published in the Portrait and biographical record of Ford County, Illinois (1892, pp. 778-779), with interesting details about his father's life:

Albert E. Mottier carries on general farming on section 5, Dix Township, where he has made his home for twelve years. He there owns and operates two hundred and forty-five acres of valuable land, constituting one of the finest farms of this locality. The land is all under a high state of cultivation, and he has made many good improvements which stand as monuments to his thrift and enterprise.

Mr. Mottier was born near Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1837, and is a son of John E. Mottier. His father was born in Switzerland in 1801, and was of French descent. When eighteen years of age he came to America, and worked three years to pay his passage across the Atlantic. His first location was made in Switzerland County, Ind., and when his labor had paid for his passage, he began working as a farm hand by the month. Three years he spent in that way, and then removed to Hamilton County, Ohio, where he engaged in cultivating a vineyard until 1865. That year witnessed his removal to Erie County, Pa., where he followed the same line of business until his death, which occurred in 1888. He was a member of the Universalist Church, and exercised his right of franchise in support of the Republican party. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Maria Seibenthal, died in 1867. They were members of the Universalist Church.

The Mottier family numbered twelve children, as follows: John E., who died in infancy; Cecil; Eliza, deceased; Susan, wife of Frank Murphy, a farmer and fruit-grower, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Zelia, wife of A. Longley; Albert E., of this sketch; John F., a fruit-grower residing in Erie, Pa.; Favor Z., who died in 1867, was a veteran of the late was, and for six months was held a prisoner at Andersonville; Charles H., a fruit-grower of Eastern Pennsylvania, who was a member of the Fourth Ohio Cavalry, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war; George L. died in infancy; Pauline is the wife of Jasper Murphy, a horticulturalist, residing near Cincinnati, Ohio; and Lewis G., who died in infancy.

Mr. Mottier whose name heads this record acquired a good English education in the common-schools, and spent his boyhood days in the usual manner of farm lads. He remained under the paternal roof until he had attained his majority, when he started out in life for himself. In 1859, he came to Illinois, where he spent one year working on a farm, and then returned to his old home. Soon afterward he was married to Miss Phenie Gentle, a daughter of John and Louisa (Higdon) Gentle. Their union was celebrated November 27, 1860, and they began their domestic life upon a fruit farm near Cincinnati, to the cultivation of which he devoted his energies. In 1880, Mr. Mottier removed with his family to Ford County, Ill., and located upon the beautiful farm which is yet his home. Mrs. Mottier had ten brothers and sisters, of whom there are six living at present: The eldest, Mary J., widow of J. H. Stathem, resides in Bloomington, Ill.; Mrs. Mottier is next in order; Thomas S. Gentle, who is married, and is a farmer, is a resident of Farmington, Ill.; Maggie, wife of John Bulger, whose sketch appears elsewhere; Hattie, wife of George Babbitt, a commission merchant, resides in Ashland, Neb.; Lulu M., wife of Frank Ashton, who is interested in coal mining, resides in Bryant, Fulton County, Ill., and is the youngest living.

Mrs. Mottier was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, November 4. 1838, and her maidenhood days were spent near that locality. She was educated in the country schools near Cincinnati, and in the Farmington graded schools. In Illinois she was one of Fulton County's successful teachers. Mrs. Mottier is a devout member of the Methodist Church, and has always faithfully performed her duty. She is a member of the Foreign Missionary Society at Gibson City, Ill.

Four children were born unto our subject and his wife, but only two are now living: Charlie died in infancy; William C. is a farmer residing in Dix Township; Walter F. is married and resides on the home farm; and Julia G. died on the 2nd of August, 1890. She was a sweet girl, and was of that loving and affectionate nature which endeared her to all with whom she came in contact.

The Mottier family is one well and favorably known in this community. In politics, Mr. Mottier is a Republican, and in religious belief is a Methodist. He has led an upright life, and won the confidence and high regard of all. With the aid of his son Walter, who is an enterprising young farmer, he carries on general farming, and the homestead has been transformed into one of the model farms of the community.

A report by John E. Mottier regarding his vineyard near Cincinnati was published in George Husmann's The cultivation of the native grape, and manufacture of American wines (New York: Woodward, 1866, see pp. 189-190).

Two of his brothers are believed to have come to the United States. John D. Mottier was in Cincinnati by 1846, and settled at Patriot, in Switzerland Co., about 1851. Another brother, John Abram, is also believed to have immigrated.

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The Swiss Settlement of Vevay, Indiana: The settlers, their relatives, their associates

Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (ID #I2739)

Jean Emanuel MOTTIER (ID #I2545)

Julie Marguerite MOTTIER (ID #I2833)

Marie MOTTIER (ID #I3887)

Marie Catherine MOTTIER (ID #I2835)

Susanne Marie MOTTIER (ID #I2832)

Esther MOUCHET (ID #I6278)

Esther MOULIN (ID #I2840)

(child) MOURGUE (ID #I5893)

Anne MOURGUE (ID #I5897)

Anne Sara MOURGUE (ID #I5895)

Bernard MOURGUE (ID #I5890)

François Louis MOURGUE (ID #I5894)

Jean MOURGUE (ID #I5892)

Jeanne Judith MOURGUE (ID #I5896)

Jeanne Magdeleine Pauline MOURGUE (ID #I5945)

Marie MOURIER (ID #I1819)

Jean Pierre Antoine MOUTON (ID #I5919)

Jeanne Françoise MOUTON (ID #I5917)

Barbara MÜLLER (ID #I2848)

Christian MÜLLER (ID #I2853)

Margaretha MÜLLER (ID #I2857)

Rose MÜLLER (ID #I6170)

Charles Louis MURET (ID #I4185)

Elisée Samuel MURET (ID #I4116)