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Index to 2020 Our Swiss Connections

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 31, 2020 - 11:03am

Our Swiss Connections feature on Bluffton Icon started on Nov. 12, 2020, and have continued each week. Here is the index of the eight columns posted this year and the link to those columns for persons interested.

Michael Neuenschwander
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Johannes and Barbara Walti Geiger

Our Swiss connection - part 8
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 31, 2020 - 10:55am

This is the eighth installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

Johannes Geiger was 44 years old when he brought his wife, Barbara (Walti) and their five children, John, Verena, Barbara, Peter and Anna, from Canton Basel, Switzerland in 1835.

Johannes’ parents, David Gyger and Verna (Steiner), as well as Barbara’s parents, Nicholas Walti and Christina (Badertscher), remained in Switzerland.

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Ten songs for when we can party again!

A little fun between Christmas and new year's
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2020 - 2:11pm

Reviewed by Craig Hoffman
While life in 2020 has been full of masks, social distancing, and isolation, there will be a time soon when everyone will party again. Here are ten songs to help you plot out your return to real life and the dance club scene.

How are you going to enjoy your return to everyday life in the near future? Let the Icon know in the comment section!

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Forgotten Bluffton: What about those curves in the road?

There's one on Bentley and Tom Fett north of town, but on Phillips it's a 90-degree jog
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2020 - 12:18pm

Why is there a “curve” on Bentley Road just north of Bluffton where the road crosses Riley Creek?

There’s also a curve on Tom Fett Road and on Phillips Road at about the same location.

On Phillips Road it's a serious twist, instead of being just a curve in the road. That’s because the Tom Fett and Bentley “jogs” have been modernized. Phillips remains the same at it was when it was originally laid out.

The simple answer to the question in the opening sentence is that the earth is round and that the early surveyors were trying to run straight lines on a sphere.

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Christian and Katharina Luginbuhl Steiner

Our Swiss connection - part 7
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2020 - 11:37am

This is the seventh installment in this series. Click here for the previous installment.

We have identified our community as Swiss pioneers, but find many of our ancestors came to American from France and we need to go further back in our history and find the reasons.

When our Swiss pioneers lived in Switzerland, many were persecuted because of their religious belief.

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Robert McCool's Icon book review: Merry Christmas from the Women's Murder Club

All in this book is a fine read that contains the spirit of Christmas and family
Posted by Fred Steiner on December 22, 2020 - 2:29pm

Reviewed by Robert McCool
It's a December with Christmas coming soon.

What a time to snuggle up with a good read to chase off the chill and enjoy the holiday with this group of professional women as they solve a mystery spun by a serial killer who has a plan to make a large heist on Christmas day.

Author James Patterson wrote the first  book in this series, then collaborated with two other writers to follow his lead and write the next eighteen novels, including this title, “The 19th Christmas” (ISBN  978-0-316-49401-4).

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