1852 · Berne (Indiana) · Swiss Mennonite
What happened
About 70–100 people of the Münsterberg congregation above Moutier left in March 1852 and founded Berne, mostly Sprungers and their in-laws, led by Peter S. Lehman.
Ancestors alive at the time
Sarah Miller (d. 1857), Johannes Ramseyer (1780–1853), 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), 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), 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), 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), Joseph Plank (1834–1914), Eli D. Miller (1835–1913), Nancy Hostetler (1836–1860), Mary Mast (1837–1908), William C. Hummel (1837–1912), Martha Gonser (1839–1908), Jakob Reusser (1840–1916), Johann Claassen (1840–1886), Joseph Gerig (fl. 1841), Samuel Kuhns (1843–1918), Aron J. Wiebe (1845–1922), Magdalena Slabaugh (1847–1925), Maria Fieguth (1847–1890), Jacob C. Neuenschwander (1848–1921), Gertrude Toews (1850–1943)
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.