Dec 6, 2021
Christian John and Katherine Steiner Luginbuhl
The year 1824 was a special one for many Bluffton-Pandora Swiss pioneers. The ship, Boston, left Le Harve, France, with 118 passengers...
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Nov 18, 2021
The story of Christian "Black Beard" Bösiger
A separate Swiss Connection column in this series focuses on the parents of Christian, Jr., Bösiger, who came to America in 1824. Click...
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Oct 13, 2021
Johannes and Barbara Walti Geiger
Johannes Geiger was 44 years old when he brought his wife, Barbara (Walti) and their five children, John, Verena, Barbara, Peter and...
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Oct 13, 2021
Peter and Anna Aeschlimann Badertscher
Peter Badertscher, a skilled cabinet maker and carpenter, was born Sept. 29, 1805, to Christian (1720-1838) and Barbara Gerber...
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Oct 13, 2021
Christian and Regina Neuenschwander Matter
This series also features David and Elizabeth Neuenschwander Stauffer family. One of their children, Regina, married Christian Matter....
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Oct 13, 2021
Two Diller families
John and Elizabeth Zimmerly Diller • Peter and Barbara Suter Diller • Diller is an Americanized spelling of Thüler Many Swiss pioneers...
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Oct 13, 2021
Christian, Sr., and Anna Burkhalter Amstutz
A word about this series: Several viewers inquire about the sources of material in these columns. Here is the answer. Before ancestry.com...
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Oct 13, 2021
Bishop Christian and Elizabeth Steiner Bösiger
When early pioneers came to America they could speak or understand very little English. You can see the difficulty the immigration...
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Oct 13, 2021
John Ulrich Amstutz and Katharina Amstutz
This column’s focus is on John Ulrich Amstutz, a farmer and tradesman, whose farm was located on the south side of the Allen-Putnam...
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Oct 13, 2021
John Ulrich Amstutz, an early entrepreneur
This column features one of the most interesting Bluffton-Pandora area Swiss immigrants, John Ulrich Amstutz, and this column is a...
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Oct 13, 2021
Three children of Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer
1st in a 2-part series on the children in this family Note: This column is in two parts. It follows three children whose parents were...
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Oct 13, 2021
Three children of Johannes and Magdalena Amstutz Sommer
2nd in a 2 part series featuring these three children This is the second part of a two-part series on the three children of Johannes and...
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Oct 12, 2021
Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser
Special focus on Rev. John and Anna Lehmann Moser This column features the Jacob and Barbara Wahli Moser family, with a special emphasis...
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Oct 12, 2021
Christian and Katharina Steiner Luginbuhl
We have identified our community as Swiss pioneers, but find many of our ancestors came to American from France and we need to go further...
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Oct 12, 2021
Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher
Karl and Anna Weber Badertscher and family are this week’s focus. Karl, the youngest of five children, was born to Ulrich and Anna Walti...
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Oct 12, 2021
Luginbuhl and its many variations
Note the variation spellings of “Lugibuhl” in this family. Two Lugibuhl brothers came to our community from Wayne County, Ohio, after...
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Oct 12, 2021
John F. and Barbara Habegger Steiner
John F. Steiner married Barbara Habegger on March 15, 1832, in France. John was also known as “Buchwald Hans” because of the area where...
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Oct 12, 2021
Peter and Verena Luginbuhl Hilty
Peter Hilty (note spelling change from parent’s Hilti) was the son of Michael and Elisabeth Thüler (Americanized to Diller) Hilti. Peter...
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Oct 12, 2021
Christian and Kristina Brechbuhl Bucher
Christian Bucher was born July 3, 1778, in Langnau Emmental, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He was the son of Friedrick and Elizabeth (Luti)...
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Oct 10, 2021
Abraham and Marianna Ramseier Zurflug
One of those families included the Icon editor, Fred Steiner. Probst provided copies of each of these genealogies to Steiner. With the...
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