1833 · Bluffton (Ohio) · Swiss Mennonite
What happened
Michael Neuenschwander (1778–1852), born in the Jura and married at Florimont, settled near Bluffton in spring 1833 — the start of the Swiss Mennonite settlement Christian and Anna Neuenschwander joined in 1845.
Ancestors alive at the time
Mary Yoder Plank (d. 1850), Sarah Miller (d. 1857), Barbara Mast (1765–1849), Bendicht Neuenschwander (fl. 1766), Elisabeth Leeman (fl. 1766), John Melchior Plank (m. 1767), Margaret Plank (m. 1767), Jacob Plank (1768–1851), Fanny Miller (b. 1769), Anna Blank (fl. 1770), Anton Fieguth (1772–1844), Johannes Neuenschwander (1776–1838), Barbara Kaufmann (1779–1844), Barbara Klopfenstein (fl. 1779), Johannes Ramseyer (1780–1853), Anna Augsbourg (fl. 1780), Michael Schrock (1782–1860), Peter Lehman (1782–1861), Ulrich Leeman (fl. 1782), Maria Thüler (fl. 1782), Catharina Fuhrimann (1782–1853), Anna Fuhrimann (b. 1788), Maria Wiens (1788–1872), Susanna Yoder (1791–1855), Jacob Reich (c.1795–1873), Louise Eckinger (c.1797–1873), Nathan Smiley (1797–1872), Abraham Sprunger (1797–1889), Daniel Jacob Conrad (1798–1882), Elizabeth Yoder (1799–1890), Christian Gerig (fl. 1800), Elizabeth Goldschmidt (fl. 1800), Veronica Kurtz (1800–1845), Christian Mast (fl. 1800), Susanna Kurtz (fl. 1800), Joseph Kurtz (fl. 1800), Catherine M. Zook (1801–1875), Christian Hostetler (1801–1875), Abraham Mast (1802–1877), Jeptha Plank (1803–1846), Christian Nisly (emigrated 1804), Daniel D. Miller (1806–1865), John Slabaugh (1806–1861), Katharina Utz (1808–1889), Johann Claassen (1810–1874), Peter Claassen (fl. 1810), Margarete Wiebe (fl. 1810), Veronica Fanny Kurtz (1811–1889), Catherine Weaver (1811–1893), Christian P. Neuenschwander (1812–1884), David Reusser (1813–1896), Jacob Wiebe (c.1815), Susanna Nisly (1816–1885), Anna Warkentin (1816–1848), Abraham Warkentin (fl. 1816), Anna Enss (fl. 1816), Anthony G. Gonser (1817–1887), Jacob Toews (1819–1877), Peter Toews (fl. 1819), Katharina Siemens (fl. 1819), John Zook (fl. 1820), Anna Entz (c.1820), Elizabeth Warnes (1821–1897), Peter Ramseyer (1822–1880), John Smiley (1822–1879), Anna Stutzman (fl. 1822), Verena Habegger (1822–1894), Christian Stauffer (1802–1892), Gerhard Fieguth (1823–1896), Mary Conrad (1825–1912), Anna Maria Lehman (1825–1886), Peter R. Sprunger (1825–1898), Barbara Reich (1826–1894), Catharine Epp (1826–1886), Moses Schrock (1828–1909), Sara Reimer (1828–c.1883), Marianna Moser (1829–1894), Christina Gerig (1832–1909), Christina Yoder (fl. 1832), Katherine Sprunger (1833–1904)
Sources
Record compiled 31 October 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.