We had always wondered if there was a family connection with the Huerlimanns. Evidently a young man of that name visited Waupaca County from Switzerland and there were letters exchanged between the Smith family and the Huerlimann family.
There finally seems to be an answer to that puzzle. William Smith, John Henry Smith's brother, married Bertha Hotz in Wisconsin in 1872. Her mother's name was Elizabeth Huerlimann, which explains the "Huerlimann connection." The Hotz and Huerlimann families came from the same area of Switzerland as the Staub and Leuthold families.
