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About Hans Lötscher
A Latshaw Family Journal Compiled by Gary D. Smith
Hans Lotscher (Family Name1 Lötscher) was born 1601 in near Erlenbach, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, and died Abt. 1673. He married Anna Kammer January 21, 1632/33 in Erlenbach, Switzerland, daughter of Marti Kammer and Margret Witwer. She was born in Latterbach, Bern, Switzerland. Notes for Hans Lotscher: Hans Loetschar was an Antibaptist and published a poem called "A new Spiritual Song" which is still kept in the state library in Bern, Switzerland. In 1667, three of the children of Hans and Anna Loetschar (Hans, Melchior and Anna) were imprisoned in Bern because of their Antibaptist beliefs. Hans and Melchior escaped but were recaptured. During his imprisonment, Hans got access to the tower book, a record of all of the Antibaptists who were martyred for their faith in Bern. This list in 1711 was carried by Christian Kroppf from Alsace to Holland. From Holland it was taken to Ephrata in Pennsylvania where the Martyrs Mirror was published containing the letter of Hans Loetschar.
<cite>Gratz, Delbert L. "Latscha (Latschar, Lachat, Lörsch, Lörtscher, Latschaw, Leutscher, Lötscher) family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 5 Mar 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Latscha_(Latschar,_Lachat,_L%C3%B6...</cite> Latscha (Latschar, Lachat, Lörsch, Lörtscher, Latschaw, Leutscher, Lötscher) family Latscha, a Mennonite family name, derives from Lötscher from Latterbach near Erlenbach in the Simmental, canton of Bern, Switzerland. The first member of this family known to have been an Anabaptist was Hans Lötscher, who was born in Latterbach in 1601. He wrote a hymn of 41 stanzas entitled "Ein schön new geistlich Lied." In 1633 he married Anna Kammerer from Latterbach. The three oldest of their five children, Hans, Melchior, and Anna, were brought before the Täuferkommission in Bern because of their Anabaptist beliefs. They remained true to their faith and were imprisoned. The brothers Hans and Melchior escaped in 1667 but were soon returned to prison. After four years in prison at Bern they were sentenced to galley service with four other Anabaptists in 1671-73. They returned to claim their inheritance from their father, who had died while they were away, but were refused it. In 1667, while imprisoned at Bern, Hans Lötscher wrote a letter which is preserved in the Martyrs' Mirror (E 1129-30), in which he lists some 40 persons who met death in Bern because of their Anabaptist faith. Abraham Lötscher, youngest brother of Hans and Melchior, immigrated to Holland in 1711, where the name soon became Leutscher. A number of his descendants have been Mennonite leaders in that country.
The family name takes the form Latscha and Latschar in the Palatinate and in North America. About 1714 Hans Heinrich Lötscher emigrated from the Simmental to Alsace, and later to the Palatinate, Germany, where he settled on Kühbörncheshof near Katzweiler. His children settled in various Palatinate Mennonite communities. One son, Johannes Franz, immigrated to Pennsylvania. The chief homes of the family in North America have been Berks County, PA and Waterloo County, ON. The Latschar Mennonite Church (now Mannheim Mennonite Church) is located near Mannheim, ON. Among the well-known members of the family were Jacob Latscha (1849-1912), a merchant in Frankfurt am Main, where he built a chain of 134 stores and was active in YMCA work; and John B. Latschaw (1804-87) who served the Franconia Conference of the Mennonite Church (MC) as minister for 44 years, including 15 as bishop. In 1940 there were still 37 members of the family in three Mennonite congregations in South Germany, i.e., in Kaiserslautern, Sembach, and Ludwigshafen. <b>Bibliography</b>
- Fluri, Adolf. "Die Lötscher von Latterbach," in Beiträge zur Geschichte der bernischen Täufer. Bern, 1912.
- Latscha, J. Der Mann und sein Werk. Frankfurt, 1932.
- Mennonitisches Lexikon, "Latscha," "Lötscher.
- Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who Baptized Only Upon the Confession of Faith, and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus, their Saviour, from the Time of Christ to the year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, 1951.
Children of Hans Lötscher and Anna Kammer are: 64 i. Hans Lotscher, born Jun 1634 in Erlenbach, Switzerland; died Bet. 1715 - 1734 in Germany. ii. Melchior Lotscher, born 16 Feb 1639/40 in Erlenbach, Switzerland. Notes for Melchior Lotscher: Baptized February 16, 1640, Latterbach, Switzerland. iii. Anna Lotscher, born 07 Oct 1643 in Erlenbach, Switzerland. Notes for Anna Lotscher: Baptized May 7, 1643, Latterbach, Switzerland. iv. Margaretha Lotscher, born 03 Oct 1645 in Erlenbach, Switzerland. Notes for Margaretha Lotscher: Baptized May 31, 1646, Latterbach, Switzerland. v. Elsy Lotscher, born Oct 1649 in Erlenbach, Switzerland; married Hans Herr. vi. Salome Lotscher, born Oct 1653 in Erlenbach, Switzerland. vii. Abraham Lotscher, born 30 Aug 1657 in Erlenback, Switzerland; died 12 Apr 1701 in Erlenback, Switzerland; married Madlena Schmid Abt. 1680 in Erlenbach, Switzerland; born Jun 1657 in Frutigen, Switzerland; died Aft. 04 Jul 1726 in Netherlands.
Latscha, a Mennonite family name, derives from Lötscher from Latterbach near Erlenbach in the Simmental, canton of Bern, Switzerland. The first member of this family known to have been an Anabaptist was Hans Lötscher, who was born in Latterbach in 1601. He wrote a hymn of 41 stanzas entitled "Ein schön new geistlich Lied." In 1633 he married Anna Kammerer from Latterbach. The three oldest of their five children, Hans, Melchior, and Anna, were brought before the Täuferkommission in Bern because of their Anabaptist beliefs. They remained true to their faith and were imprisoned. The brothers Hans and Melchior escaped in 1667 but were soon returned to prison. After four years in prison at Bern they were sentenced to galley service with four other Anabaptists in 1671-73. They returned to claim their inheritance from their father, who had died while they were away, but were refused it. In 1667, while imprisoned at Bern, Hans Lötscher wrote a letter which is preserved in the Martyrs' Mirror (E 1129-30), in which he lists some 40 persons who met death in Bern because of their Anabaptist faith. Abraham Lötscher, youngest brother of Hans and Melchior, immigrated to Holland in 1711, where the name soon became Leutscher. A number of his descendants have been Mennonite leaders in that country.
Latscha ( Latschar, Lötscher, Lachat, Lörtscher, Latshaw, Leutscher). Latscha, ein mennonitische familienname, das von Lötscher bei Latterbach, Erlenbach, Berner oberland herstammt. Der erste mitglied der familie der bekannt is ..........
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Hans Lötscher's Timeline
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1601
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Latterbach, Niedersimmental District, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
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| 1634 |
June 29, 1634
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Erlenbach, Meilen District, Zurich, Switzerland
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| 1640 |
February 16, 1640
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Erlenbach Im Simmental, Bern, Schweiz (Switzerland)
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| 1643 |
May 7, 1643
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Erlenbach Im Simmental, Bern, Schweiz (Switzerland)
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| 1645 |
October 30, 1645
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Mursbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
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| 1646 |
1646
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Latterbach
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| 1649 |
May 1, 1649
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Bern, Bern, Canton of Bern, Switzerland
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| 1653 |
October 16, 1653
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Latterbach
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| 1657 |
August 30, 1657
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Erlenbach, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
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