1940 · Marseille · General Conference Mennonite

What happened

Edna Ramseyer ran the MCC/Quaker children’s home at La Rouvière near Marseille for malnourished children from French internment camps.

Ancestors alive at the time

Gertrude Toews (1850–1943), Daniel Ramseyer (1856–1942), Fanny H. Plank (1857–1942), Christian C. Sprunger (1860–1940), Rosina Reusser (1862–1950), Gerhard A. Wiebe (1873–1942), Anna Gertrude Claassen (1878–1971), Alvin C. Ramseyer Sr. (1880–1948), Mary Ellen Schrock (1886–1972), Andrew J. Neuenschwander (1888–1972), Bessie Sprunger (1889–1964), David D. Miller (1889–1976), Maggie Mae Kuhns (1890–1970), Anna Bertha Wiebe (1914–2010), D. Paul Miller (1917–2018), Alvin C. Ramseyer Jr. (1921–2008), Ruth S. Neuenschwander (1922–2017)

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.