Daniel Spiess Sr. ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L4TR-283.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He was naturalized on 31 Aug 1894 in , Livingston, Illinois, United States. ⁴

2. He immigrated Daniel immigrated alone on the S. S. Paris from Southampton on 23 Feb 1895 to New York, New York, NY. ⁵ Daniel Spiess, 26, coachman, born in Switzerland, destination Forest, Illinois.
B. Kellenberger, 19, servant, born in Switzerland, destination Forest, Illinois.
Jacob Spiess, farmer, born in Switzerland, destination Forest, Illinois.

3. He immigrated Daniel Spiess immigrated a second time with his wife and 2 children. on 26 Mar 1898 to Ellis Island, New York City, New York, USA. ² Arriving at Ellis Island, New York, on the ship S.S. St. Paul from Southampton, England, on 19 March 1895:
Daniel Spiess, 27, farmer, Swiss, destination Forrest, Illinois
Wellmburg Spiess, 222, wife, Swiss
John Spiess, 2, child, Swiss
Daniel Spiess, 10 months, child, Swiss
The record states Daniel was going to join his brothers in Illinois.

Daniel married Bertha Kellenberger on 14 May 1895 in Forrest, Livingston, IL, United States.¹ (Bertha Kellenberger was born on 15 Apr 1875 in Heiden, Bezirk Vorderland, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland,^{1 2 6} died on 8 Sep 1962 in Knox, Starke County, Indiana, USA ^{6 7} and was buried on 11 Sep 1962 in La Crosse: Oak Grove Cemetery, LaPorte, IN ⁶.)