I am looking for some one who might have some information about Charles Melcher ODERMATT who was born in Switzerland in the Lucern Valley area on 7 Mar 1849. He went to a seminary to become a Catholic Priest when he was a young man, but changed his mind and came to the United States. He settled in the Dubuque, Iowa area. There he married Margaret Short and raised a family.
We belive there must have been a cut off from his family when he left Switzerland, because he don't know anything about our Swiss Family. Can anyone help?