Swiss public memory before the Great War
Steven Hoelscher, Louisiana State University
This paper explores the identity formation process from the perspective of festival and commemoration. Public memory -- the root and substance of ethnic identity -- is created, sustained, and altered yet again by one's participation in festive culture. As the body of beliefs and ideas about the past that help a society or a group define itself, public memory is inevitably focused on concerns of the present.
A Swiss family in the new world: letters of Jakob and Ulrich Bühler, 1847-1877"
These seven letters by two Swiss emigrants to Sauk County were written to relatives and friends in the old country between 1847 and 1877. They vividly describe the voyage from Europe, costs of goods, and similar details, including advice on what new emigrants should bring and what they will find when they arrive in Wisconsin.
Family History Fluck & Gruber
On Sunday morning, March 9, 1856, the party set sail for America. Among them were the following: Melchior Eggler, Ulrich Thomann, and the John Bernet family from Wiedelsbach; John and Peter Schild from Schwanden; John Flick, and the Peter Kienholz family from Brienz
Swiss-Speaking Hochstetlers
Whereas the early Hochstetlers from the 170os in America were Amish-Mennonite and likely spoke a German dialect somewhat different from the original Canton Bern dialect, or Bärn Dietsch, there are descendants today who again-or still-speak Bärn Dietsch. These are some of the older folks in the Bluffton, Ohio area who descended from Samuel and Anna (Amstutz) Hochstetler. Who is this Anna Amstutz who has helped this Hochstetler branch maintain their Swiss language and identity?
Klassy / Klaesi Family from Switzerland
My Klassy / Klaesi Family from New Glarus, WI & Switzerland.
Momenteller Family
Originally Mumenthaler from Switzerland
Ancestors of Switzerland-Moree AKA Möri and Moeri
My mother was the Great- Granddaughter of Rudolph MOREE from Canton Bern, Switzerland. Her grandmother was Anna BIETERMANN also from Canton Bern (bear), Switzerland.
History of The Neuenschwandger line Niswonger/any other spellings
This is a very old family of the region of Signau of the Nilder-stocken (The German-speaking area of Switzerland) Hofen, Lietzelkirk, Canton Bern, Switzerland.
Steiger family
The Steiger family that emigrated from Meilen, Switzerland to Milwaukee, Wisconsin between 1902 and 1906. Four of Nine children came to the US and numerous descendants now exist in the US and Switzerland.
The Sterchi emigrants
Who were our Swiss ancestors? What was their area of origin? And — why did they emigrate to South Carolina? These are the questions that most captivate us as we contemplate our heritage. Much research on this subject has been done by Patricia C. Sturkey in her book. In Search of Benjamin Sturkey. This scholarly and very compelling volume should be in every Sturkie library. Much of the Swiss Connection information will come from her research.
STOTZER and STOTSER SWISS/US FAMILY HISTORY
Most U.S. STOTZER families descend from the area of the city of Büren an der Aare, canton Bern, Switzerland
DAVID TSCHAPPAT
FIRST GERMANS AND SWISS - In April, 1819, ten German and Swiss families embarked on a flatboat on the Aar River at Berne under the leadership of Jacob Tisher. They descended the Aar River to the Rhine River and continued to the city of Antwerp where they boarded a French ship, Eugenius, for New York. After traveling 48 days, they landed at Amboy, New Jersey, where they purchased teams -- six of the families starting to travel to Wheeling, Virginia, The little colony now consisted of Father Jacob Tisher, Abraham Tisher, Jacob Tschappat, Daniel Fankhauser, Nicholas Fankhauser, Jacob Marti (together with their families), and Jacob Nisperli, single. After a tedious journey , they reached Wheeling and again embarked on a flatboat -- their destination being the Great Kanawa (sic) River
The Von Tschudy Family
The first Tschudi of Glarus is mentioned on November 14, 1289 in a guarantee of a loan with others by a man named "Schudin" and "Hugen Schudin". The first Tschudi in Schwanden was Heinrich Tschudi, born 1382, who was married to Katherina Netstaler. Her brother was said to have been the wealthiest man in Switzerland at that time.
Zimmerman History
Schwaendi is a small village created on another, higher slope of the mountains that surround Schwanden which is located on the valley floor. Schwandi is higher, but not remote and the road leading to it winds between pastures and stone fences up to another level. If one stands on the outskirts of Schwanden and looks up, the houses of Schwandi are quite visible. The name "Schwandi" means higher, according to some people who live in the area today, but it also is a variation of the German word for swan, and there is much evidence of this, in the many appearances of a giant swan on signs, banners and buildings in the valley.
Zurbuchen Families of Habkern
In a document from the year 1349, the name "zer book mentions" the first time. Um das Jahr 1500 trifft man auf den Stammvater aller heute in der Welt lebenden Zurbuchen. Around the year 1500, you meet the ancestor of all living today in the world Zurbuchen.
Es gibt schriftliche Dokumente die belegen, dass unsere Vorfahren auf einem Grundstück wohnhaft waren welches den Namen "zur Buchen" trug. There are written documents that support the notion that our ancestors were living on a property with name "contributed to the book." Dieser ist noch heute in einem Flurnamen nachweisbar. This is still evidenced in geographical names. Viele Personen wurden im Mittelalter nach ihrem Wohnort benannt. Many people in the Middle Ages were named after their place of residence. Andere Geschlechter, welche inzwischen zum Teil ausgestorben sind, weisen ebenfalls darauf hin (Tschiemer, Anderfuhren, Zurlinden, Bruchsborter). Other families which are now extinct in part, also indicate (Tschiemer, Anderfuhren, Zurlinden) Bruchsborter
Personal Pages on Swiss Families Canton Bern
Links to Swiss families from Canton Bern.
History of the Glarus Families-
Published in Swiss German in1920. Translated 2003.
The German and Swiss Heritage of Monroe Co. Ohio
During the 1800s, German-speaking settlers were the largest group of immigrants in Ohio. Monroe County was no exception to this statistic. Researcher Ernest Thode identified three main categories of Monroe County Germanic immigration: 1) The rural Swiss who settled the northeastern townships, 2) The Palatinates who settled in the Miltonsburg area and 3) the Germans who settled in Woodsfield in the late 1840s.
