ramsei

Peter Ramseyer (c.1534)

c.1534 – ?

Christopher’s 11th great-grandfather · ancestor no. 12288 · generation 14
Evidence: identity compiled lead · link to parents compiled lead

Family

Life and evidence

Earliest name in Staker’s chain.

Unverified chain

Staker’s early Ramseyer generations are uncited and contain contradictions. They are kept as leads; verify against the Signau (before 1648) and Eggiwil registers now downloaded to the archive.

2002 Family Record (p. IX–X)

The Family Record gives the same line: Peter (b. 1535, Signau; wife Christina) → Ludwig (b. 1568) → Hans (b. 1594) → Ullrich (b. 1640) → Christian (b. 1672). It adds: Christina was present at a baptism at Lauperswil; the family’s children were baptized as infants (so not yet Anabaptist); Hans bought a farm in 1629; Ullrich was a saddler “who moved several times during his marriage”. The book credits Adolph Ramseyer, a Swiss police officer who researched Ramseyers, so it and Staker probably rest on the same unpublished research: they agree but are not independent confirmation.

In their lifetime

Research tasks

  • Verify in the Eggiwil/Signau parish registers (see Bern parish registers) task/ai

Searched 2026-10-31

Lauperswil, the parish of the hamlet Ramsei, has the oldest register in the area (from 1528), but baptisms for late 1531 to mid-1537 are missing, exactly his birth years. His marriage was not seen in Lauperswil marriages 1557–71. He is likely the earliest Ramseyer any parish record can reach.

Earlier bearers of the name (not proven ancestors)

Johans and Chünrat von Ramseia, burghers of Burgdorf, 1343–1361; Rudi Ramseis, 1369. About 190 undocumented years separate them from Peter. See Fontes Rerum Bernensium - Ramsei mentions (1343-1369).

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Narratives and research

Research log

  • undated: 2002 Family Record (p. IX–X): The Family Record gives the same line: Peter (b. 1535, Signau; wife Christina) → Ludwig (b. 1568) → Hans (b. 1594) → Ullrich (b. 1640) → Christian (b. 1672). It adds: Chr
  • 2026-10-31: Searched 2026-10-31: Lauperswil, the parish of the hamlet Ramsei, has the oldest register in the area (from 1528), but baptisms for late 1531 to mid-1537 are missing, exactly his birth years.
  • 2026-10-31 (from How far back each line goes): Ramseyer (Alvin C. Ramseyer Jr.) | Peter Ramseyer (c.1534) | 14 | 7, to Johannes Ramseyer (1780–1853) | Johannes → Isaac is a strong inference; Isaac → Christian (1700) is a compiled lead |

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.

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