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The Swiss-American Family De Steiguer, J. E. De Steiguer
The Swiss-American Family De Steiguer, J. E. De Steiguer
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
The following pages present an overview of the 500-year history of the Swiss-American family de Steiguer. It is a story which depicts the gradual rise and abrupt decline of a family within one of the most exclusive aristocracies of 18th century Europe and their subsequent settlement in the frontier states of America.
Albert Staub: The Story Of A Wayward Swiss Immigrant, Paul Hockings, H. K. Meier
Albert Staub: The Story Of A Wayward Swiss Immigrant, Paul Hockings, H. K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
December 18, 1977, happened to be the 120th anniversary of the first murder ever to have taken place in what was then the remote village of Blue Island, and is nowadays a large suburb at the south end of Chicago.
Book Review: Les Derniers Puritains, Pionniers D'Amérique, 1851-1920., Lukas Burckhardt
Book Review: Les Derniers Puritains, Pionniers D'Amérique, 1851-1920., Lukas Burckhardt
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Théodore Bost was born in 1834 at Carouge near Genea, emigrated in 1851 to St. Paul, Minnesota, became a farmer in nearby Carver County, stayed in Minnesota until 1887 and then moved to Pomona near Los Angeles and died in California in 1920. His wife, Sophie née Bonjour from Neuchâtel, born in 1835, married him in 1858 and died in 1922. Both stood firmly in the protestant tradition. The Bost family, with its pastors, missionaries and even a pioneer in social work for handicapped children, shows how strongly the religions spirit of Geneva has influenced many lives of its citizens. …
Swiss Mennonite Story: Study Tour Itinerary, Delbert Grätz, H. K. Meier
Swiss Mennonite Story: Study Tour Itinerary, Delbert Grätz, H. K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
Welcome aboard to a tour of a lifetime! This is not an ordinary package tour but one in which each phase has been worked out by myself with the aid of Byron Ediger, Manager of Menno Travel Service, 310 S. Main St., Goshen, Indiana. 46526.
Notes From The Editor, Heinz K. Meier
Notes From The Editor, Heinz K. Meier
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
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Book Review: The Swiss American Historical Society 1927-1977, Leo Schelbert
Book Review: The Swiss American Historical Society 1927-1977, Leo Schelbert
Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter
This history of a small ethnic-national association is not the usual anniversary publication, listing glorious achievements and displaying pictures of smiling officers or of happy gatherings. It presents instead a concise anatomy of the ups and downs, even near collapses, the organization faced during its first five decades.