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| − | Pletscher (Plätscher), a Mennonite family of Swiss descent, living since the last decades of the 17th century in the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], Germany. Jakob Plätscher was a preacher at [[Immelhausen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Immelhausen]]<em> </em>in Baden from 1761, and Heinrich Plätscher a preacher at Eppstein<em> </em>near Frankenthal from 1764, both serving until after 1802. This Heinrich Plätscher was married to Katharina Brenneman; they lived at [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Friedelsheim]]. Their son Johannes with his family emigrated from Friedelsheim to the [[United States of America|United States]] in 1833. Other relatives moved from Friedelsheim to America in 1841,-55. The martyrs [[Platzer, Jacob (d. 1591)|Jacob]] and [[Platzer, Melchior (d. 1583)|Melchior]][[Platzer, Melchior (d. 1583)|Platzer]] may have belonged to this family. A Pletscher family migrated from Schleitheim<em> </em>to the Palatinate ca. l650. | + | Pletscher (Plätscher), a Mennonite family of Swiss descent, living since the last decades of the 17th century in the [[Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Palatinate]], Germany. Jakob Plätscher was a preacher at [[Immelhausen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Immelhausen]]<em> </em>in Baden from 1761, and Heinrich Plätscher a preacher at Eppstein<em> </em>near Frankenthal from 1764, both serving until after 1802. This Heinrich Plätscher was married to Katharina Brenneman; they lived at [[Friedelsheim (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany)|Friedelsheim]]. Their son Johannes with his family emigrated from Friedelsheim to the [[United States of America|United States]] in 1833. Other relatives moved from Friedelsheim to America in 1841,-55. The martyrs [[Platzer, Jacob (d. 1591)|Jacob]] and [[Platzer, Melchior (d. 1583)|Melchior ]][[Platzer, Melchior (d. 1583)|Platzer]] may have belonged to this family. A Pletscher family migrated from Schleitheim<em> </em>to the Palatinate ca. l650. |
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<em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> (1956): 142, No. 28; 146 f., No. 38; 147, Nos. 39-41; 151, No. 50. | <em>Mennonite Quarterly Review</em> (1956): 142, No. 28; 146 f., No. 38; 147, Nos. 39-41; 151, No. 50. | ||
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Pletscher (Plätscher), a Mennonite family of Swiss descent, living since the last decades of the 17th century in the Palatinate, Germany. Jakob Plätscher was a preacher at Immelhausen in Baden from 1761, and Heinrich Plätscher a preacher at Eppstein near Frankenthal from 1764, both serving until after 1802. This Heinrich Plätscher was married to Katharina Brenneman; they lived at Friedelsheim. Their son Johannes with his family emigrated from Friedelsheim to the United States in 1833. Other relatives moved from Friedelsheim to America in 1841,-55. The martyrs Jacob and Melchior Platzer may have belonged to this family. A Pletscher family migrated from Schleitheim to the Palatinate ca. l650.
Bibliography
Mennonite Quarterly Review (1956): 142, No. 28; 146 f., No. 38; 147, Nos. 39-41; 151, No. 50.
Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden. Amsterdam.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Pletscher family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 28 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pletscher_family&oldid=96077.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Pletscher family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Pletscher_family&oldid=96077.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 194. All rights reserved.
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