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Peter and Elizabeth Suter Schumacher



In 1839, three years after the arrival of the pioneer Schumacher family to the Bluffton Swiss Settlement, Peter, the youngest of the children, married Elizabeth, daughter of Bishop Christian and Magdalena Steiner Suter of the large Swiss Mennonite congregation.


This couple made their home on the original Schumacher homestead, on Bixel Road between Bluffton and Pandora, which is now the Schumacher homestead owned by the Swiss Community Historical Society.


READ ABOUT ELIZABETH'S FEATURE IN "RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT" AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS COLUMN


Peter Schumacher Born, March 16, 1819, St. Albanthal Canton Basel

Died: May 28, 1881, Blanchard Township, Putnam County, Ohio


Father: Christian Schumacher, Sr.

Born: Oct. 7, 1782

Died: Nov. 6, 1858


Mother: Barbara Elizabeth Luginbuhl

Born: March 11, 1781

Died: Oct. 19, 1855


Elizabeth Suter Born: Dec. 6, 1821, Cme Le Puix Haut-Rhin Belfort, France Died: Oct. 12, 1897, Allen County

Father:Christian Suter, Sr. Born: Oct. 11, 1792, Alsace Lorraine France Died: Dec. 7, 1874, Riley Township Buried: Old Mennonite Cemetery, Bluffton


Mother: Magdalena Steiner Born: Aug. 15, 1793, Alsace Lorraine, France Died: May 28, 1860, Riley Township Buried: Old Mennonite Cemetery


Peter and Elizabeth had 16 children


Spouse: Christian M. Amstutz

Spouse: David P. Basinger


Magdalene (1842-1925)

Spouse: Abraham Bixel


Verena (1843-1911)

Spouse: Peter T. Steiner


Maria (1845-1899)

Spouse: Christian C. Lugibihl


Elizabeth (1846-1910)

Spouse: Benjamin Hilty


Christian P. (1848-1929)

Spouse: Regina Steiner


John (1849-1907)

Spouse: Barbara Geiger


Katherine (1851-1892)

Spouse: Jacob Steiner


Peter P. (1852-1916)

Spouse: Elizabeth Moser


David P. (1855-1917)

Spouse: Mary Ann Geiger


Adam (1857-1931)

Spouse: Sarah Welty


Daniel (1858-1934)

Spouse: Sarah Gilliom


Benjamin (1860-1928)

Spouse: Sarah Miller


Susan (1861-1923)

Spouse: Ulrich S. Steiner


Sarah (1861-1936)

Spouse: Emanuel D. Kohli


Lydia (1864-1926) Spouse: Noah Moser


The information on Peter and Elizabeth is from a small pamphlet titled “The Schumachers: The descendants of Christian and Barbara Elizabeth Luginbuhl Schumacher.”



“Ripley's Believe it or Not,” published a piece about the family in which Elizabeth Schumacher appeared for having 163 grandchildren on Sept. 20, 1931. That cartoon is attached to this story.

Schumacher plate, reprinted from the Swiss Community Historical Society Newsletter.


Note: This is the 48th feature in this series of Bluffton-Pandora Swiss families. CLICK HERE FOR AN INDEX TO FAMILIES LISTED. We invite viewers who have family genealogies not part of this collection to contact us.Reach out to us at: fsteiner@roadrunner.com. We also recognized that errors slip into these columns. We'd appreciate hearing from viewers who have corrections to make on specific columns.

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