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A Mennonite family name, Swartzendruber is Swiss in origin and may mean "seller of black grapes." In the early 1700s a family [[Bible  |Bible]] used the spelling Schwarzentraub. This is one of the earliest known occurrences of the name. The Schwartzendrubers originally belonged to the [[Amish Mennonites|Amish]] branch of the Mennonites. Among the Swiss Brethren leaving Switzerland for the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] in 1711 there was a Hans Schwartzentrub, of Trub(?), who, however, left the ship at [[Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Mannheim]]. A Christian Schwartztrauben is mentioned in the Dutch <em>[[Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten
in de Vereenigde Nederlanden|Naamlijst]] </em>of 1767-1802 as a preacher at the Weissemheim am Berg congregation (Amish) in the duchy of [[Leiningen family|Leiningen]], [[Germany|Germany]]. Bäntz Schwarztrauben was a preacher of the Amish church of [[Waldeck (Germany)|Waldeck ]]starting in 1775. A Christian Schwarztrauben, also Amish and by marriage related to the Gingerich family, lived at Mengeringhausen near Kassel and had taken over the "Galgenmühle" from Simon Roth.

According to a family tradition the first American Swartzendrubers were immigrants from Waldeck. The first-known immigrations occurred soon after 1800, when settlements were made in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]] and [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]] near Somerset and Berlin. Soon, however, migrations to points farther west resulted in comparatively few residents remaining in Pennsylvania. The name has been most prominent in [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], [[Maryland (USA)|Maryland]], Delaware, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], [[Indiana (USA)|Indiana]] and [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]]. Prominent Mennonite personalities who bore this name include Jacob J. Schwartzendruber of Waldeck ([[Germany|Germany]]), [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]], and Iowa; Jacob Frederick and Joseph Schwartzendruber of Iowa; and Solomon Swartzendruber of [[Michigan (State)|Michigan]].

In addition to the ten preachers bearing the name Swartzendruber in 1958 there were also seven [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] bishops: A. Lloyd Swartzendruber, John Y. and Morris E. Swartzendruber of [[Kalona (Iowa, USA)|Kalona]], Iowa, Elmer G. Swartzentruber of [[Wellman (Iowa, USA)|Wellman]], Iowa, Alva R. Swartzendruber of Hydro, OK, [[Swartzentruber, Amos (1893-1966)|Amos Swartzentruber]] of Buenos Aires, [[Argentina|Argentina]], and Emanuel Swartzendruber of Pigeon, Michigan. There were also nine Old Order Amish ministers in [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], Delaware, Indiana, and Iowa bearing the name. A very conservative group of the Old Order Amish near [[Dalton (Ohio, USA)|Dalton]], [[Wayne County (Ohio, USA)|Wayne County]], [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], has been called the Swartzentruber Amish. A booklet called <em>Documents Relating to Bishop Jacob Schwarzendruber (1800-1868)</em> is one of the genealogies that has been printed.
= Bibliography =
Müller, Ernst. <em>Geschichte der Bernischen Täufer.</em> Frauenfeld, 1895: 307.

<em>Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden. </em>Amsterdam, 1731, 1743, 1755, etc.

<em>Peter Swartzendruber and Wilmina Eash Genealogy. </em> Westmoreland, NY, 1956.
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