Schindler Genealogy and Family History

Missouri and Kansas Genealogy Links

Here are the starting points for the Schindler Clan. These starting points are for the most part original immigrants from Canton Bern, Switzerland.

Christian Schindler was born Niederwichtrach, Canton Bern, Switzerland. Christian arrived in Holmes County, Ohio in 1831 where he worked a farm. Christian and Magdalena were married in 1836. In 1848 they sold the farm and moved to Andrew County, Missouri near Cosby where they took up 200 unimproved acres. Their son, William married a “Kansas” girl and moved eventually to Rock Creek, Kansas. Between their marriage and arriving in Rock Creek William and Elizabeth first went with some Lehmann cousins to Cambria, San Luis Obispo County, California where my grandfather, Arnold John Schindler, and some of his siblings were born. Family lore has it that they went on a sailing ship around The Horn. I wonder if the captain was Charles Harrington MacLeod who did sail that route? They returned to Washington Township, Buchanan Co, Missouri where they were in the 1880 census. I now have found William, Elizabeth and children in the 1870 census for San Luis Obispo County, California, but I still have not found their Lehmann relations (Williams' sister married Elizabeth's brother) who stayed in California.

From: The History of Buchanan County Missouri, (Birdsall, Williams & Co., 1881; Reprint Ramfre Press, Cape Girardeau, MO, 1974), page 886.
William Schindler farmer and stock raiser, Section 29, Postoffice St. Joseph, was born December 7, 1838, in Holmes County, Ohio, and was reared there until ten years of age, spending his boyhood days on a farm and attending school. Emigrated west with his parents in 1848, and assisted his father in clearing a farm, and has made agricultural pursuits his occupation through life. During the late war he served three months in the enrolled Missouri militia. Went to California in 1868, and remained there eight years, engaged in farming, and then returned to this county and settled where he now resides, where he owns a farm of 230 acres, well improved. Was married July 3, 1863, to Miss Elizabeth Lehman, who is a native of Switzerland, and was brought to this country when about five years of age. They have had seven children, five of whom are living — Nora R., William T., Henry T., John A., and Alice A. Himself and wife are members of the Evangelical Association.

Christian and Magdalena Schindler
Christian and Magdalena Schindler

Christian and Elizabeth Schneider
Christian and Elizabeth Schneider

Johannes and Catherine Lehmann
Johannes and Catherine Lehmann

Nicholas and Elizabeth Stuber
Nicholas and Elizabeth Stuber

Henry Ferdinand Schindler was my great grandfather's brother.
Stephanie (Schneider) Taylor lives in Andrew County near Hope Church and is a distant cousin

Two events are comming up in the summers of 2003 and 2004 that should be noted by all Schindlers and any with a connection to Hope Church in Cosby, Missouri. The first is the 75th annual H. F. Schindler family reunion in the week of July 4, 2003 in St. Joseph, MO. The reunion headquarters will be the Stoney Creek Inn and there should be information on the St. Joseph Convention and Visitors Bureau web sit. All H. F. Schindler descendants and cousins are invited. This certainly includes all descendents of Christian and Magdalena, H. F. Schindlers parents.

The second event is the 150th anniversary of the founding of Hope United Church of Christ in Cosby, Missouri in the week of July 4, 2004. Naturally the next summer after the H. F. Schindler reunion. All those who can claim either Christain Schindler or Peter Eiman as an ancestor would qualify as a descendant of the Founding Fathers of Hope Church who have a special invitation to this event. There will be information on the Hope Church web site for this event.

William and Elizabeth Schindler

Click on picture to open Schindler Family Album

In 1863, William Schindler set off for Nemaha, Kansas to marry Elizabeth not knowing that some Kansas bushwackers were planning to intercept him. The bushwackers didn’t want a Missouri Yankee marrying a Kansas girl. Never mind that the “Kansas” girl was from Canton Bern, Switzerland and probably didn’t speak English, let alone “Southern.” William probably spoke Switzerdeutsch better than he spoke English. (Mom doesn’t think he spoke English at all.) William didn’t take the expected route and this picture on the event of their 50th wedding anniversary was thereby made possible.

Mom remembers her grandfather as a very old man. Mom was eight when her father, Arnold, built a room onto the back of the farm house in Valley Falls for his father. William lived with his son till he died and was buried with Elizabeth in the Ferrar Cemetery across the road from the house.

The National Archives does NOT have an index for New York passengers for the years 1847 to 1897 so Germans to America is likely the only source for these years. Germans to America does not cover dates before 1850 so Christian Schindler would not be found in G to A. He was in Holmes County, Ohio in 1831 and married Magdalena Speicher there 5 Nov 1836. I found C. Schindler in the microfilmed manifests at the National Archives. The age and date of arrival do not exclude this being our C. Schindler. He was traveling with two other young men from Switzerland, but I did not recognize either surname so I did not attempt to copy their information. I couldn’t make out the spelling anyway. I can’t find Magdalena including alternate spellings of Speicher, spiker, spycher, etc. (Note: I assume that people stood in line and their names were recorded in that order. People recorded in close proximity with common characteristics can be assumed to be traveling together.)

Passenger’s Name: C. Schindler
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Occupation: Farmer
Last Residence: Switzerland
Date of Arrival: Sept 2, 1828
Ship’s Name: Montano
Captain’s Name: Andrew Smith
Port of Debarkation: New York

I have now checked the FTM CD with a transcription of Germans to America. This lists each individual alphabetically and does not permit sorting on date or vessel or even moving directly from one entry to the next.
I now have a copy of the manifest from the National Archives microfilm to get a complete and accurate list of who was on this voyage. This microfilm is overexposed and very difficult to read and the copies are no improvement. I can recognize the Schneider and Eimann families as much because I know who to expect in the list as by reading the microfilm. The family lore is that the entire village packed up and went to Missouri together and the 100 plus passengers from Switzerland would fit this story. But I can’t make out all the names so someone with better eyes than mine will have to transcribe the manifest. These are certainly the Moschberger, Schindler, Schneider, and Eimann families I have in my file. I’ve listed them in the order they appear in the manifest. They appear in the middle of a long list of people from Switzerland. There is one name I don't recognize between the Schindler and Schneider families, Johann Bachter aged 38. Read left to right then down for order in manifest.

Last Residence: Switzerland
Date of Arrival: Apr 24, 1854
Final Destination: United States
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Ship’s Name: Mulhouse
Captain’s Name: Dodge Healy
Manifest ID Number: 00018301
Port of Embarkation: Havre
Port of Debarkation: New Orleans
Mode of Travel: Steerage

Passenger’s Name: Christian Moschberger
Age: 37
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Anna Moschberger
Age: 42
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Johann Moschberger
Age: 9
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Jacob Moschberger
Age: 9
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Christian Moschberger
Age: 7
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Anna Barbara Moschberger
Age: 6
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Catherine Moschberger
Age: 3
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Johann Schindler
Age: 40
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Barbara Schindler
Age: 35
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Barbara Schindler
Age: 18
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Johann Schindler
Age: 17
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Anna Elizabeth Schindler
Age: 15
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Catherine Schindler
Age: 9
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Frederic Schindler
Age: 8
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Christian Schneider
Age: 60
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Elizabeth Schneider
Age: 50
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Christian Schneider
Age: 26
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Elisabeth Schneider
Age: 24
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Johannes Schneider
Age: 23
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Nicholas Schneider
Age: 21
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Jacob Schneider
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Anna Schneider
Age: 15
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Frederic Schneider
Age: 9
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Magdelena Schneider
Age: 8
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Peter Eimann
Age: 36
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Catherine Eimann
Age: 24
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Catherine Eimann
Age: 6 months
Gender: Female

These are NOT the Lehmann clan who settled in New Bern, Nemaha County, Kansas.
I now have a copy of the manifest from the National Archives microfilm to get a complete and accurate list of who was on this voyage. This manifest is a bit easier to read than the Mulhouse voyage, but clarity is not a virtue of the National Archive microfilm collection. I can’t match this family group with any Lehmann family in my file. But since I went to the trouble to get the manifest, here they are in the order they appear in the manifest reading left to right then down.

Last Residence: Switzerland
Date of Arrival: Jun 7, 1852
Final Destination: United States
Purpose for Travel: Staying in the USA
Ship’s Name: Onward
Captain’s Name: Chase
Manifest ID Number: 00006970
Port of Embarkation: Havre
Port of Debarkation: New York
Mode of Travel: Steerage
Occupation: Farmer

Passenger’s Name: Johann Lehmann
Age: 46
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Marie Lehmann
Age: 40
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Magdalena Lehmann
Age: 20
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Benjamin Lehmann
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Johann Lehmann
Age: 18
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Anne Lehmann
Age: 17?
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: David Lehmann
Age: 10
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Peter Lehmann
Age: 9
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: ? Lehmann
Age: 8
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Christ Lehmann
Age: 6
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Marie Lehmann
Age: 4
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Rudolph Lehmann
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: ? Lehmann
Age: 16
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Johann Lehmann
Age: 24
Gender: Male

Passenger’s Name: Elizabeth? Lehmann
Age: 20
Gender: Female

Passenger’s Name: Maria Lehmann
Age: 24
Gender: Female

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