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)

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)