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Bernese Jura, Switzerland · coordinates 47.28, 7.37 (exact)
About
‘Münster’ in German records. Anna Maria Lehman was born here (headstone/compiled tree, Feb 1825), and her parents married here 15 Aug 1820. The Münsterberg Anabaptist congregation above the town sent the 1852 founders of Berne, Indiana. Registers 1663–1875 (catalog ID 220176).
Place-name clarification — 2026-10-31 (ChatGPT / Codex)
Moutier, historically called Münster in German, is in Switzerland. It is not Münster in Westphalia, Germany, the city of the 1534–1535 Anabaptist rebellion. The Moutier/Münster references in this vault’s Lehman and Neuenschwander research concern the Swiss locality. Münsterberg (Montagne de Moutier) is the mountain area associated with Moutier, also in Switzerland. A shared place-name is not evidence of a family connection to the German rebellion. Sources: Historical Dictionary of Switzerland — Moutier; Münster City Museum — Anabaptist rule.
Historical geography: “Bernese Jura” describes the setting of the nineteenth-century family records; Moutier is now in the canton of Jura. See the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
Born here
Married here
Lived here
- 1778 — Michael Neuenschwander (1778–1852)
- 1820 — Peter Lehman (1782–1861)
- 1825 — Anna Maria Lehman (1825–1886)
Narratives and research
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.