The Hunsberger family in Kirchberg Parish, Bern County, Switzerland and Pennsylvania to abt. 1812.

David Schalliol was born in Germany in 1824. He and his wife, Margaret Elizabeth Hauptreif, had three sons and a daughter, 1849-1863. The family immigrated to the United States in 1853 and settled first in Holmes County, Ohio. They moved to a farm in Madison Township, St. St. Joseph County, Indiana, in 1861. He died there in 1892. Descendants lived in Indiana and elsewhere. Includes the Hunsberger, Klein, Smith and other related families.

David Schalliol was born in 1825 at Udenhausen, Germany. He married Margaret Elisabeth Hauptrief in 1849. They had four children, 1849- 1863, born in Germany, Ohio, and Indiana. The family migrated to the United States in 1853 and settled first in Holmes County, Ohio. They moved to a farm in Madison Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, in 1861. He died in 1892 at Resthaven, Madison Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana. Descendants lived in Indiana,...

The Hunsperger/Hunsberger/Huntsberger/Huntzberger families originally of Canton Bern, Switzerland. By about 1720 three brothers, Hans, Jacob and Ulrich Hunsperger, were living in Franconia Twp., Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania. Hans had no known descendants. Therefore descendants in these books are mainly those of Jacob and Ulrich's. Includes other Huntzberger/Hunsberger etc. families that cannot be connected to these three brothers at this time. Family...

John Singer was born in 1766 in Pownal, Vermont. His father was probably Abraham Singer. He fought with the British Army in the Revolutionary War and moved to Ontario after his father was killed. John married, had two children and settled in Clinton Township. He married again in 1795. His wife was Susannah Overholt, daughter of Staats Overholt. They had eleven children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ontario.

Ancestry of Nina Mae Benner, born in 1931 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, daughter of Luther James Benner (1911-1987) and Eva Mae Shick (1910-1976). She married Leonard Elwood Buck. Benner ancestry is traced to Johannes Benner (1725-1767) who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Switzerland and settled in Montgomery County. Hunsberger ancestry is traced to Ulrich Hunsperger, born ca. 1700, who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Switzerland also and settled...

Periodical for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Mennonites, Amish, Anabaptists, and Church of the Brethren, whose ancestors originated in Alsace-Lorraine (now part of France), Germany (especially Bavaria, Pfalz, and the Palatinate areas), the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, Switzerland, and the Ukraine. Some immigrated to Central Asia and North America in the 1700's-1800's. Some settled in Manitoba and Ontario (Canada), Saudi...

Jacob Siverling or Jacob Friedrich Sauberlich, was born 10 February 1751 in Ellmendingen, Baden, Germany. His parents were Johann Ulrich Sauberlich and Anna Barbara Wuest. He married Barbara. Their son, Jacob Siverling, was born 24 January 1782 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Harriger, daughter of Michael Harriger and Anna Elizabeth Smathers, in about 1808. They had eight children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in...

Peter Shirk (1839-1919) was born to a Mennonite family in Pennsylvania. He immigrated to Ontario, Canada, during the Civil War. There he became a businessman. He married twice and was the father of fifteen children. Descendants lived in Ontario and elsewhere.