Book Review: From Stambach to Berlin (Ontario) and the Descendents of Rev. John W. Stoeckle/Steckle (1802/1879)

Authors

Delbert Gratz, Bluffton College

Keywords

book review, Swiss American Historical Society, Swiss emigration, Palatinate, Swiss authors

Abstract

This work is an excellent account of a Bernese family who because of their Anabaptist faith was obliged to leave their Schwarzenburg home in 1748 and settle in the Palatinate. Since little better conditions existed there for non-state-church families, the next generation made the great move to Pennsylvania some 80 years later. After a few years in Pennsylvania they moved to the Berlin (since World War II called Kitchener) area which most of the family has called home for the past century and a half.

Recommended Citation

Gratz, Delbert (1987) "Book Review: From Stambach to Berlin (Ontario) and the Descendents of Rev. John W. Stoeckle/Steckle (1802/1879)," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 23: Iss. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol23/iss2/9