Luthy Family Blog

The beautiful photograph above is from the Emmental Valley in Switzerland, from whence most Luthys hail. The Emmental Valley (the Emme is the river forming the valley, and "tal" means valley in German) is also where "Emmentaler Swiss" cheese (the white one with the large holes) originates. Luthy is one of the ten most common names in Switzerland, and you will find half a dozen or more people with the Luthy name in almost every Swiss town. In Switzerland, most families use the original spelling of the name, which is Lüthi and dates back to the early days of the Swiss republic in the middle ages. In the English language, words ending in "i" are uncommon, so the name is often Anglicised to Luthy. Just to keep it exciting, there are two additional spellings of our name, Luethi and Luethy, read our future blog posts to learn more. Our blog avatar is a version of the Luthy family crest, rendered by a Bern, Switzerland artist in the 19th century to be used as a template for stained glass family crests. My name is Peter Luthy, originally Lüthi, and I will be guiding our blog. I'm US born of two Swiss parents who immigrated to the in the United States in the 1950's. I was whisked back to Switzerland as a child and spent my first few years in Zurich, where my first words were in Swiss German. Although raised in the US, I have spent almost a decade of my life in Switzerland, both as a child and as an adult. I acknowledged my Swiss citizenship at age 18 and am a dual national, which is allowed in Switzerland. There are many more bits of Luthy information to follow, and you're welcome to ask any questions you may have about all things Luthy. You may conveniently navigate directly to this blog at http://luthy.family ("family" is a top level domain like "com," specifically for family related websites). If you would like a luthy.family branded email (i.e., [email protected]) for a modest fee, please write to us by clicking the blue "Ask us anything Luthy related" link below.We will also be working on genealogical information to help connect the several thousand Luthy's in North America, and planning guided Swiss heritage tours in the next decade.

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We frequently have people sharing Luthy family and genealogical information with us, now we have a form for that.

Follow the links to the Acrobat (“PDF”) form, print it out, complete it, and return it to us. We’ll try to begin matching all the Luthys around the US, and notify you if we find connections.

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This is the family record of Peter Luthy, born on October 8th, 1841 in Lauperswil, Canton Bern, Switzerland, taken from the bible of Edward Luthy.

Peter was first married to Elizabeth Kurz, born January 10th, 1843 and had three children, Fred (1862), Rudolph (1865) and Rosa (1867). Elizabeth died on February 19th, 1869.

Peter returned to Switzerland seeking a wife, and married Marguerita Luthy (relation unknown) on December 31, 1871, together, they had 10 children, Oscar (1872), Cecile (1873), Anna (1875), Bertha (1877), Emma (1880), Florence (1882), twins Ernest and Edward (1884), Charles (1887) and Helen (1892).

Peter and his two wives lived in Ohio, later Oregon, and their combined 13 children are responsible for many branches of the Luthy family in the United States.

If your Luthy ancestors hail from Ohio, or the Pacific Northwest, there is a good chance you are related to this branch of the Luthy "tree." Check this list for a relative, and let us know if you are related.

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These pictures were taken on a hill above Sumiswald in January 2017. The working farm house on the left is indicative of the style of homes in the region. The beautiful winter scene on the right is of the Emme valley, looking east toward the town of Oberwald.

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These photos are of the Sumiswald, Canton of Bern, Switzerland “Gemeinde-Verwaltung” (City Hall) where our family’s records are maintained. In the last decade, original family records from the 20th century have been moved to a centralized repository in Langnau im Emmental, and earlier records have been moved to Bern. The “Gemeinde-Verwaltung” in Sumiswald still handles all records for citizens registered within their jurisdiction.

If you have questions about your genealogy, we continue to assemble information on Luthy (also, Lüthy, Lüthi, Luethy, or Luethi in Swiss German) names. Please send us a note with the link on this home page, or at [email protected] (dot “family” is like dot “com”).