Some Stuckeys Stayed

Stucki's abound in Switzerland. "Our" Stuckey/Stucki goes back to 3 Stucki brothers who appeared in France in the early 1700s, but we do not know who their father and mother were or what village they came from. But there is some evidence that it could have been the mountain village of Diemtigen, west of Bern and Thun. 
 
Or they could have originated in neighbouring Wimmis because in that village church, one of the coloured windows' coats of arms is for Stucki. It features a cannon, so perhaps this historic Stucki was a fierce defender of the local castle. From Martyrs' Mirror, we learn that a Peter Stucki from Wimmis was executed in 1538 for being an Anabaptist. He displayed a different sort of courage.


It was interesting to note that two woman pastors named Stucki were speaking in their church on Sunday, June 19, Greti Stucki in the Reform church in Wimmis, and 50 kilometres away, Natali Stucki at the Mennonite church in Langnau.


We also saw grave markers for a Walter Stucki in three different cemeteries, Langnau, Wichtrach, and Diemtigen,  respectively:




by Janice








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