Ventura County Biographies

S. L. Gisler

Submitted by Sandy Neder

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S. L. Gisler is a well-to-do citizen and an early settler of New Jerusalem. His 
father, Max Gisler, a native of Switzerland, was a poor but worthy and 
industrious man, with a wife and thirteen children. With the intention of trying 
to improve his financial condition and to better provide for his family, he 
borrowed the money to pay his passage to California and came to Ventura County 
in 1876. The second eldest son came with him, and together they worked as sheep 
herders for two years, and during that time they saved money enough to pay the 
borrowed money and also to bring the eldest daughter and son to this country. S. 
L. Gisler and two brothers were the next sent for. By the united efforts of all, 
the mother and other members of the family were brought to California, and here 
prosperity has been the reward of their labor. When persistent effort is coupled 
with a determination to succeed in any undertaking, it is seldom that failure is 
the result. Mr. Gisler purchased sixty-five acres of land adjoining the town of 
New Jerusalem, on which he built a fine residence, where he and a part of the 
family now reside. Five of the children are married and settled in this county.
S. L. Gisler dates his birth June 6, 1861. He arrived in California May 6, 1878, 
and his first work here was as a farm hand and teamster, for Edward Borchard, 
remaining with him six years and three months. He next worked two seasons on a 
thresher, at $55 per month and board. In 1886 he opened his Swiss saloon in New 
Jerusalem, which he is still conducting. Mr. Gisler was married December 1, 
1888, to Miss Theresa Puentener. Both are members of the Catholic church. His 
political views are Democratic.
 
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF SANTA BARBARA, SAN LUIS 
OBISPO, AND VENTURA, CALIF. by Ida Addis Storke, 1891, p 304