Elize Schuetz's Baptismal Certificate
description: This is a baptismal certificate for Elize Schuetz, the daughter of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who also came from Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Elize Schuetz was the second child in the family born on April 17, 1865. She died in the vicinity of Humboldt, Nebraska on September 17, 1877, the year she turned twelve. The Schuetzes' daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). Baptismal certificates in the mid-19th century most probably served as a birth certificate, identifying parents (Eltern), witnesses of baptism (Zeugen) and date and place of birth down to the district (Amtsbezirk) and parish (Kirchgemeinde). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1865
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Maria Schuetz's Baptismal Certificate
description: This is a baptismal certificate for Maria (Mary) Schuetz, the daughter of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who also came from Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Maria was the third child in the family born on February 22, 1867 and started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). Baptismal certificates in the mid-19th century most probably served as a birth certificate, identifying parents (Eltern), witnesses of baptism (Zeugen) and date and place of birth down to the district (Amtsbezirk) and parish (Kirchgemeinde). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1867
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Friedrich Schuetz's Baptismal Certificate
description: This is a baptismal certificate for Friedrich Schuetz, the fourth child of Bill Dean's second great-grandfather Gottlieb Schuetz. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who also came from Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Friedrich was their last child, born in Switzerland on October 3, 1868. He never married and died in the house of his brother Arnold, the eldest in the family on August 29th, 1912. Friedrich's elder sister Maria Schuetz started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). Baptismal certificates in the mid-19th century most probably served as a birth certificate, identifying parents (Eltern), witnesses of baptism (Zeugen) and date and place of birth down to the district (Amtsbezirk) and parish (Kirchgemeinde). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1868
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Confirmation Certificate for Anna Parli
description: This confirmation certificate comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. Born in 1840 in Ruegsau, Switzerland, Anna Parli was 16 at Confirmation. She married Gottlieb Schuetz, who lived in the same Burgorf District in Canton Berne, Swtizerland in 1863. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Having lived in various places in the Burgdorf district between 1863 and 1868, they finally immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1856
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Baptismal Notice for Gottlieb Schuetz, 1838
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal or confirmation notice for Gottlieb Schuetz written out as keepsake of the baptismal or confirmation day. Baptismal notices (Tauzettel, Taufbriefe, Taufhelgeli) have been an attribute of the baptismal ritual in the German lands since as early as 13th century. Earliest surviving notices date back to the late 16th century. Short notices with quotations from the Bible or folk blessings often accompanied baptismal gifts (often a little purse with money) from the sponsors, and served as a reminder to the parents of the baptized. The baptismal notices of the Schuetz family are decorated with block-printed ornaments executed black or, in this case, blue ink and hand-colored with various degrees of precision. The Schuetz children probably received these notices from members of their home protestant church in Canton Berne, Switzerland. As is evident from baptismal certificates, the children were baptized very young, so if filled on a day of a baptismal, the notices would be kept in the family for children to learn about the importance of baptismal. If filled out on a day of confirmation, the notices would be the keepsakes and a reminder of an important ritual. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb Schuetz was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who also came from Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family accord…
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
rights: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Confirmation Notice for Gottlieb Schuetz, 1855
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is most probably a confirmation notice for Gottlieb Schuetz the sponsor wrote as keepsake of the confirmation day. The Schuetz children probably received these notices from members of their home protestant church in Canton Berne where they were from. Filled out on a day of confirmation, the notices would be the keepsakes and a reminder of an important ritual. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb Schuetz was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. He married Anna Parli who also came from Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1863 and immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1855
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Baptismal Notice for Elize Schuetz, 1865 (1)
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice from Parli family to Schuetz's second daughter Elize sponsors wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices (Tauzettel, Taufbriefe, Taufhelgeli) have been an attribute of the baptismal ritual in the German lands since as early as 13th century. Earliest surviving notices date back to the late 16th century. Short notices with quotations from the Bible or folk blessings often accompanied baptismal gifts (often a little purse with money) from the sponsors, and served as a reminder to the parents of the baptized. The baptismal notices of the Schuetz family are decorated with block-printed ornaments executed black or blue ink and hand-colored with various degrees of precision. The Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz received this notice on the day of their second child Elize's baptismal from Anna's family, the Parlis. Elize Schuetz was the second child in the family born on April 17, 1865. She died in the vicinity of Humboldt, Nebraska on September 17, 1877, the year she turned twelve. The Schuetzes' daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in Humboldt, Nebraska in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1865
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Baptismal Notice for Elize Schuetz, 1865 (2)
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice from Parli family to Schuetz's second daughter Elize sponsors wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices (Tauzettel, Taufbriefe, Taufhelgeli) have been an attribute of the baptismal ritual in the German lands since as early as 13th century. Earliest surviving notices date back to the late 16th century. Short notices with quotations from the Bible or folk blessings often accompanied baptismal gifts (often a little purse with money) from the sponsors, and served as a reminder to the parents of the baptized. The baptismal notices of the Schuetz family are decorated with block-printed ornaments executed black or blue ink and hand-colored with various degrees of precision. The Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz received this notice on the day of their second child Elize's baptismal. Elize Schuetz was the second child in the family born on April 17, 1865. She died in the vicinity of Humboldt, Nebraska on September 17, 1877, the year she turned twelve. The Schuetzes' daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1865
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Baptismal Notice for Anna Parli, 1840 (2)
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice Anna Parli's sponsor wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices (Tauzettel, Taufbriefe, Taufhelgeli) have been an attribute of the baptismal ritual in the German lands since as early as 13th century. Earliest surviving notices date back to the late 16th century. Short notices with quotations from the Bible or folk blessings often accompanied baptismal gifts (often a little purse with money) from the sponsors, and served as a reminder to the parents of the baptized. The baptismal notices of the Schuetz family are decorated with block-printed ornaments executed black or blue ink and hand-colored with various degrees of precision. The Parli family received this notice on the day of Anna's baptism in 1840, the year she was born. In 1863 Anna married Gottlieb Schuetz, who lived in the same Burgorf District in Canton Berne, Swtizerland. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Having lived in various places in the Burgdorf district between 1863 and 1868, they finally immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1840
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)

Baptismal Notice for Anna Parli, 1840 (1)
description: This document comes from the family of Bill Dean, Margaret Dean's husband, who are the second great-grandchildren of Gottlieb and Anna Schuetz. It is a baptismal notice Anna Parli's sponsor wrote as keepsake of the baptismal day. Baptismal notices (Tauzettel, Taufbriefe, Taufhelgeli) have been an attribute of the baptismal ritual in the German lands since as early as 13th century. Earliest surviving notices date back to the late 16th century. Short notices with quotations from the Bible or folk blessings often accompanied baptismal gifts (often a little purse with money) from the sponsors, and served as a reminder to the parents of the baptized. The baptismal notices of the Schuetz family are decorated with block-printed ornaments executed black or blue ink and hand-colored with various degrees of precision. The Parli family received this notice on the day of Anna's baptism in 1840, the year she was born. In 1863 Anna married Gottlieb Schuetz, who lived in the same Burgorf District in Canton Berne, Swtizerland. A son of soap manufacturers Hans (John) Schuetz and Magdalena Luthi, Gottlieb was born in 1838 in Canton Berne, Switzerland. Having lived in various places in the Burgdorf district between 1863 and 1868, they finally immigrated to Humboldt, Nebraska in 1870. Their daughter Maria (Mary) Schuetz, born in 1867 in Switzerland started the Dean family line marrying German-born Dirk Sutorius in 1889. Sutorius' daughter Emma, born in 1890 married a recent emigrant from Germany (1908) Edo F. Harms in 1914. All three generations lived in Humboldt, Nebraska in close proximity with various relatives (Emma Sutorius's uncle John Schuetz lived right next door to her family according to the 1930 census). For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
source: Family of Bill Dean, Nebraska City History Harvest, 2010
date: 1840
format: document
language: German
type: image
coverage: Canton Berne (Switzerland)