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    Person Info
  • Name: Rudolf LANDIS
  • Sex: M
  • Baptism: 23 Nov 1623 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland c
  • Death: Before 1670 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans LANDIS Birth: 1581 Death: Before 1657
  • Mother:
  • Elsbeth ERTZINGER Birth: 1593 Death: Before 1657

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Hans Heinrich LANDIS
  2. Christian LANDIS Birth: 1659 in Durrenentzen
  3. Rudolf LANDIS Birth: Abt 1662 Death: 5 Apr 1705 in Steinsfurt

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  2. Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Wilcox LANDIS p15],
place:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1670 [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Sources with Information about marriage to Christine METTLER
date:
[Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p15]
by 1649 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22],
child:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Best SwissOrigins p23, Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
possibly Hans LANDIS (#1444) d 2 Dec 1727 Earl Twp [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22]
possibly Jacob LANDIS (#92844) [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23]
Research Notes:
1649: lived at Kellen, Hirzel [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22]

1657: emigrated [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22]

1657: on list of emigrants to Durrenentzen 2 hours from Breisach in Franch [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p15]

1661: lived in Weiler, when he attended the Steinsfurt meeting with his mother and sister [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22]



Pedigree of Rudolf LANDIS
                   /-----Hans LANDIS
          /-----Hans LANDIS
         |         \-----Katharine SCHINZ
 /-----Hans LANDIS
|         \-----Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
Rudolf LANDIS
|         /-----Uli ERTZINGER
 \-----Elsbeth ERTZINGER



Descendants of Rudolf LANDIS
1. Rudolf LANDIS m. Christine METTLER
m. Christine METTLER father: Hans METTLER mother: Adalheit ANDRESUTER