Henri Ernst Ducommun

(1832 - 1917)

Father: Henri Frederick Ducommun
Mother: Rosine Eugenie Stauffer
Spouse: Marie Bahler

Henri Ernst Ducommun was born on December 28, 1832 in Neuchatel, Switzerland. He married Marie Bahler in about 1855 and they had nine children. It is believed that all of the children were also born in Neuchatel.

In 1882 three of his children emigrated to the United States: sons Louis Henri Ducommun and Frederic Ducommun; and daughter Ida Mae Ducommun.

Henri and the remainder of the family followed to the United States in 1887. They arrived in NY and proceeded to move to Iowa in 1891. Visted the Myers family in Canada in xxxx. Became a US citizen in 1886. In Cherokee, IA for 1900 US census and 1915 IA census. Emile living nearby in IA in 1900.