Moritz
Hans
Schweitzer
Born in Münsingen, Bern, Switzerland
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Schweitzer
and Anna (Bahler) Schweitzer
Brother of
Christian Schweitzer, Anna Schweitzer, Barbara Schweitzer, Johannes Schweitzer, Gerhard Schweitzer, Magdalena Schweitzer, Samuel Schweitzer, Bendicht Schweitzer, Friedrich Schweitzer and Emanuel Schweitzer
Husband of
Anna (Hahnenkraut) Schweitzer
— married
23 Feb 1816 in Germany
Descendants 
Father of
Gottlieb Victor (Sweitzer) Schweitzer, Anna Barbara (Schweitzer) Schlafly, Moritz Sweitzer, Maria (Sweitzer) Hahnenkrat, Johannes Ulrich (Sweitzer) Schweitzer, Frederick Sweitzer and Rosina Sweitzer
Died
at about age 59
in York Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Mar 2014
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Biography
Citizen of Allmendingen in the parish of Munsingen, Canton Bern, Germany. He was a carpenter living in Gurzelen near Seftigen, Canton Bern. Married Anna of Kienruti-Kirchdorf.
On April 21, 1933 he left Wattenvil to emigrate to America. He sailed on a French ship from Le Havre, stayed in New York 2 days and then took a steamboat to Albany, thence by Erie Canal to Buffalo. He took another steamboat to Cleveland and then by canal boat to Lockport (south part of New Philadelphia, Ohio) and arrived at his new home on August 23, 1833.
Sources
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 July 2018, 21:15), entry for Moritz Schweitzer(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCMK-S3R); contributed by various users.
- Research papers of Jean Weyer Ison and the church records of the parish of Frauenkappelen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland.
- Also the genealogy report by Arthur Hanni of Schweizergasse 12, Zurich 1, a professional genealogist, at the request and commission of Frank E. Weyer of Hastings, NE.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Moritz by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Moritz:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Moritz by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Moritz:
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~3.12%
George Ison
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23andMe, GEDmatch M876147 [compare]
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