After doing some research. I found my family came from the Swiss,
town of Eggiwil. This is traced all the way to 1560's .
Religious persecution drove them out (legend has it there was a "Bixler" put
to death for practicing his faith). My heritage springs from three
brothers who landed in Philadelphia 2 (Chirstian & Hans) abord the ship
Adventurer in 1725 and 1 (Peter) in 1727. Settled in Lancaster County, PA.
in those years, and moved west and south from there. They were Mennonite by
religion and very strict. My Swiss name evolved from Bichsel to Bixler.
town of Eggiwil. This is traced all the way to 1560's .
Religious persecution drove them out (legend has it there was a "Bixler" put
to death for practicing his faith). My heritage springs from three
brothers who landed in Philadelphia 2 (Chirstian & Hans) abord the ship
Adventurer in 1725 and 1 (Peter) in 1727. Settled in Lancaster County, PA.
in those years, and moved west and south from there. They were Mennonite by
religion and very strict. My Swiss name evolved from Bichsel to Bixler.
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Tue, August 8, 2006 - 9:26 PMwow .
so you are the oldest swiss here.
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Tue, August 8, 2006 - 9:28 PMand my heritage is swiss, french and italian.
mixed.
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Wed, August 9, 2006 - 5:45 AMI am Christian by faith, but not mennonite. I remain
non-denomonational. It was very interesting
to learn about the menonite roots and history
of my family. The area around Lancaster
Pennsylvania still has a big mennonite population.
Information on the mennonite denomination can
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Fri, October 27, 2006 - 4:30 PMMy Swiss heritage is that I am Swiss ;) -
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sat, October 28, 2006 - 12:12 AMMine too :-) Although, if you dig deep enough.... One of my great-grandfathers (mother's side) was a German baron or something who got his chambermaid pregnant - resulting into one of my grandfathers. (Of course he didn't marry her!)
My father's side comes from a village that's very close to the German boarder. So you never know...
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sat, October 28, 2006 - 8:01 AMMine too... although I'm an expat, living currently in Denmark.
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Fri, October 27, 2006 - 7:04 PMHow and where did you find this information luke?
my heritage i think is german, russian and Spaniard. -
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sat, October 28, 2006 - 10:51 AMI have been doing some geneology research
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Thu, November 2, 2006 - 10:00 PMTo tell the truth, I'm actually 75% French and 25% Polish. Became Swiss after I lived there for 18 years. I live in Oakland, CA right now. -
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sun, January 21, 2007 - 4:29 PMIm swiss, born and raised here, went away 20 years and now returned. but my family comes from a little town called wald, in kt zurich, and there almost every other person is called "Honegger", like myself, including the town president (mayor?) and the bakery/sweet shop. (see link,- mmmh swiss chocolate!)
www.honegger-wald.ch/
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Sun, January 21, 2007 - 4:44 PMluke: one of my favorit swiss authors is called "Bichsel", peter,- he wrote a wonderful story called : There is no such place called America....
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Tue, January 23, 2007 - 7:18 AMThank you very much for that information!
Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sun, January 21, 2007 - 4:44 PM
luke: one of my favorit swiss authors is called "Bichsel", peter,- he wrote a wonderful story called : There is no such place called America....
-might be worth a read?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bichsel
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Re: What is your Swiss heritage?
Sun, February 11, 2007 - 12:52 PMhello :)
well, i don't know much about my Swiss heritage except for the fact that i had a Gr Gr Grandfather emigrate to Oregon & his name was Modesto Peini. Italian Swiss. then his daughter married another man who was Swiss (last name Gardner). so i have 2 Swiss grandfathers who took Native brides.
i am Indn~Swiss~English~Irish.
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