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<\/a>Name\u00a0(Date): Notes<\/span><\/p>\nUlie “Julius the Farmer” Buman (1369-1725)<\/a>: Henry Lehman (1535- \u00a0):<\/a> Gilgan Moser\/Moeschler\/Musser (1550- ):<\/a> Peter Stutzman (1570- ):<\/a> Melchior “The Exile\/Refugee” Brenneman (1631-after 1673)<\/a>: Johann Michael Miller I (b.1632)<\/a>: Jaken Leibundgut\/Livengood (c.1680):<\/a> Leonardi Burgi\/Berkey (after 1688-1795):<\/a> Davit\/Michael Sauter (1707- ):<\/a> Ulrich Speicher (1702\/12-1785):<\/a> J. Ulrich Mishler (before 1715):<\/a> Johannes Hanauer\/Horner (1719- \u00a0):<\/a> PHOTOS<\/span> Modern single-family dwelling<\/p><\/div>\n Multi-family house-barn combination<\/p><\/div>\n Modern Swiss farmwife with old-fashioned broom<\/p><\/div>\n Susan Pearce at chalet with spring flowers & leftover winter firewood<\/p><\/div>\n Typical friendly Brown Swiss<\/p><\/div>\n Sheep safely grazing just outside our kitchen window<\/p><\/div>\n Horse-drawn sickle bar mower in the middle of a small town<\/p><\/div>\n Larry Pearce sampling at world-famous Frey Chocolate Factory (Are they relatives?)<\/p><\/div>\n Beautifully adorned cemetery, a Swiss tradition<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0\u00a0*some origins include or mention Germany and France, especially when our ancestors \u00a0traveled through these countries while emigrating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Click on Map to enlarge\/Names for details; use back arrow to return Name\u00a0(Date): Notes Ulie “Julius the Farmer” Buman (1369-1725): (from Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Zimmerberg, Canton Zurich. See Introduction: Bowman for more. Henry Lehman (1535- \u00a0): (from Krause-associated … Continue reading
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Zimmerberg, Canton Zurich. See Introduction: Bowman<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated familes) His 4 X Great-grandson Benedict (1702) left generations of Swiss Amish to be one of the first to settle Berks Co., PA.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families, although the Joseph Miller family contains a German Hans Musser) Born and raised in Langnau, Bern Canton, he married Rosina Muller of the same town in 1579 and produced six generations from there. Emigres Nicklaus I and Catherina Schwartz Musser probably came to Mt. Joy, Lancaster Co., PA, in 1749.<\/p>\n
\n(from both Joseph Miller & Krause-associated families) Going back 15 generations, this Amish family was among the first settlers in Berks Co., PA. Peter’s 4 X Great-grandson Christian, Sr., married Barbara Hostetler, as survivor of the “Hostetler Massacre” of 1757.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families) Born in Canton Bern; lived in Ober-Diessbach before fleeing to Griesheim, Germany and coming to American (c.1709). See Introduction: Brenneman<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n
\n(see Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Zollikofen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, the first of three generations so named and patriarch of third line of Millers in Somerset County, PA.\u00a0 See\u00a0 Introduction:\u00a0 Mary\/Johannes Michael Miller.<\/a><\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Going back 12 generations to Switzerland, he was the grasndfather of the Rev. Peter Livengood, Sr. (1730-1826), Amish bishop in Somerset Co., PA.<\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Born in Swizerland, perhaps near Italian border and married Anna Catherine Facesh before emigrating to Mifflin Co., PA.<\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) Daughter Maria Magdalena (1727-1801) was born in Moerschwil, St. Gallen, Switzerland, married German Johannes Michael Zimmerman, Sr., and raised as many as nine children in Quemahoning Twp., Somerset Co., PA.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families) Born in Koniz, he and wife Maria came to the Northkill Amish settlement, Berks Co., PA, in 1737, where they raised five children. The oldest, J. Christian (1730\/38-1797), the first three generations of the same name, farmed in Stonycreek, Somerset Co., PA. Later generations converted to German Brethren, or “Dunkard” and moved to Western MD.<\/p>\n
\n(from Krause-associated families) His father probably shared the same name (1687) and was born in Swartzenberg, Welden Canton. He emigrated to the Palatinate in 1711, to Baden-Durlach, Wurtemburg, Germany in 1728, then to Philadelphia in 1737. The younger Ulrich and first wife Anna Dodrea Mueller Zug lived in Blue Mountain, Berks Co., PA.<\/p>\n
\n(from Joseph Miller-associated families) He married Anna Elizabeth Grocost of Bavaria and emigrated to York Co., PA. Son Solomon farmed in Somerset Co., PA.<\/p>\n
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\n(in & around Emmenthal region – our Amish\/Mennonite origin)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>