Peter Badertscher

Peter Badertscher, the son of Frederick Badertscher, was born September 29, 1805 in Lauperwil, Switzerland. He was married to Anna Aeschlimann on July 18, 1827 who was born October 25, 1805 in the same village. To this union were born nine children, as follows: Barbara, John, Elizabeth, Mathias, Peter, Christian, Fred Anna, and Magdelena and Hans.

In the year 1855 he and his family emigrated to America in a sailboat. The voyage was a long one which lasted forty days and nights. After they landed in New York City they came to Allen County, Ohio and located near Blufton in the Swiss settlement.

After the death of the mother, in 1855, the children were put into homes of different neighbors, as they were all neighbors in pioneer days. Peter Badertscher stayed with his oldest daughter until the time of his death in 1872 at the age of 66 years.

From the "History of Christian Badertscher," compiled in 1947.