1941 · Bluffton (Ohio) · General Conference Mennonite
What happened
Alternative service for conscientious objectors in World War II. Edna Ramseyer was dietician at CPS Camp 13 (Bluffton, Indiana, 1941–42), founded the ‘C.O. Girls’ (1943) and led a women’s unit at Poughkeepsie (1945).
Ancestors alive at the time
Gertrude Toews (1850–1943), Daniel Ramseyer (1856–1942), Fanny H. Plank (1857–1942), 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.