Ulrich was ordained an Elder shortly after baptism. Maeser often visited at the Buehler home to teach and discuss the principles of the restored gospel. The family found happiness in their work and joy in their new religion. The children also helped herd goats from whose milk cheese was made and sold. His sons helped carry dirt in baskets up the steep hill to replace the soil which had been lost through erosion. He accepted their council and purchased a home and farm in Aeschlenburg, near Bern. Those in charge of the Church had observed him and because of his integrity, industry, and faithfulness, they asked him to remain for the time being and take charge of the Branch in Staffisburg. Secrist, he reported that he was ready to immigrate to America. However, after he and his wife and oldest daughter were baptized on 22 July 1854 by J. Before he was baptized, he told the Elder that he preferred to remain in Switzerland. As a result, he sold his home, his cigar factory, and his vineyard and applied for baptism. He was especially impressed with the Word of Wisdom and when he decided to join the Church some six months later, he felt that he could no longer make cigars and sell wine from his vineyard. The missionaries so ably presented their interpretation of the scriptures and the restoration through Joseph Smith, that Ulrich became converted to Mormonism. Later the Mormon missionaries called at his home and spent all night discussing the scriptures and the gospel as taught by the Latter Day Saints. He read the pamphlet and felt that it was true. The printer told him to take it home and read it. He was informed that a minister from a religious sect from America left it there. He asked the printer what the pamphlet was about. While there he noticed a pamphlet entitled "Zion’s Pioneers" lying on the table. While on one of these trips, he called on a printer to have labels printed for his cigars. On market days he would visit neighboring villages to sell his products. He became quite successful in the tobacco industry and farming. Later he established a tobacco factory on the shore of Lake Thuner. Ulrich became a hotel manager in his native town of Sigriswil. They belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church, where they were devout and sincere members. She was industrious, thrifty, and a splendid cook and seamstress, a fitting companion to Ulrich. Anna was the daughter of Christian Burgdorfer and Susan Egli, and was born on 21 September 1824 at Eggiwill, Bern, Switzerland. He met Anna Burgdorfer, to whom he was married in 1845. She tells of the beauty of that place, the flowers, trees, mountains and meadows, places where people come from far and near to see its beauty and view the Alps. His daughter, Caroline, tells of going on a boat trip up Thuner Lake on a school excursion to Interlaken. In and around the home where he was born, the country and scenery is beautiful. Little is known of his boyhood, but it is presumed that he lived a quite industrious life and attended school and prepared himself well for the duties and responsibilities of a useful life. His father’s name was Christian Buehler, whose forefathers for may generations were born in the same small village near the Thuner Lake in Bern. He was born 28 August 1823 (or possibly December 7, 1823) at Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland. Ulrich Buhler was one of this hardy race. Switzerland has always been the one of an indomitable people who have become a symbol of love for freedom. Caroline Buhler or Buehler Kunz (1857 - 1947)*
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