- Oct 12, 2021
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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 11, 2021
- 1 min
Are you going to reschedule the solar eclipse party?
"On Aug. 17, 2017, the Bluffton Public Library held a “Great American Solar Eclipse” watch party. "We passed out special sunglasses for...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 4 min
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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- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
John D. and Elizabeth Moser Bösiger
This column's focus is John D. and Elizabeth Moser Bösiger. Elizabeth's parents were Johannes and Elisabeth Müller Moser were both born...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Dr. J.J. and Susan Lugibihl Sutter
An earlier column in this series focused on Abraham and Anna Locher Lugibihl. This column features Abraham and Anna’s daughter, Susan,...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Abraham and Anna Locher Lugibihl
Note the various spellings of Lugibihl in this story. Abraham Lugibihl was born Nov. 11, 1838, in Riley Township. He was the sixth of 10...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Christian, Sr., and Anna Burkhalter Amstutz
There are many men named Christian in this story. We've added "Sr." to the featured couple, Christian, Sr., and Anna Burkhalter Amstutz....
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 3 min
Christian Sr., and Magdalena Steiner Suter
This column’s focus is Christian Sr., and Magdalena Steiner Suter and their children, with a special emphasis on the family of their son,...
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- Oct 10, 2021
- 2 min
Peter and Barbara Schumacher Steiner
Peter Steiner came to America with his parents Christian and Katharina Luginbuhl Steiner in 1835. Click here for a previous column in...
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