Benedict and Anetta Kaderli were early European settlers to north Comal County. Benedict was born September 7, 1832 in Mülchi, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Anetta Zund was born May 7, 1839 in St. Gallen, Canton Appenzell. The two married in 1862. Benedict worked as a “sticker” or embroiderer. Two of Benedict’s brothers, Johann and Jacob Kaderli, had immigrated to Comal County in 1845. On September 15, 1873, Benedict, Anetta, and their four children, Alma, Albert, Emil and Emilie, boarded the vessel Hamburg and landed in New Orleans, and traveled via a smaller vessel to Indianola. In Texas, Benedict and Anetta welcomed two more children, Louis and Frieda. In 1877, Benedict obtained a preemptive land grant from the State of Texas. He claimed 160 acres in northern Comal County. The family built a two-story stone house near Bates Creek, now known as Suche Creek. The home was sited over an active spring, and a large round hole in the floor provided safe spring access without needing to go outside. On their new farm, they raised cattle and goats and grew their own food. In 1883, the family received the deed for their farm. Five years later, Benedict’s oldest son, Albert, claimed 80 acres bordering the family farm and in 1889 married Elizabeth “Betty” Spangenberg. Benedict died in 1893 from a snake bite. Anetta lived with her adult children until her death in 1923. For several subsequent generations, the Kaderli descendants remained near the family homestead and greater Comal County, becoming business owners, teachers and law enforcement officers, and serving in government and civic organizations. The original Kaderli land grants were later replatted as part of the Mystic Shores subdivision. (2023)