• Born: 21.8.1820 in Pfunds
• Died: 22.12.1886 in Innsbruck

Parents of Josef:

• Father: Alois SCHUCHTER b. 4.8.1794 in Pfunds (Österreich)
• Mother: Aloisia PLANGGER b. 30.10.1792 in Pfunds 66

Marriage:

• on 16.4.1849 in Pfunds Josef SCHUCHTER and Maria-Magdalena MANGWETH

• Born: 1.3.1823 in Pfunds
• Died: 27.12.1886 in Innsbruck

Parents of Magdalena:

• Father: Josef MANGWETH b. 17.11.1793 in Pfunds (Österreich)
• Mother: Therese GREIL b. 8.2.1784, Pfunds 17

Marriage:

• on 16.4.1849 in Pfunds Maria-Magdalena MANGWETH and Josef SCHUCHTER

Children:

• Adelheid SCHUCHTER 1854–1911, married on 9.2.1854 in Pfunds to Ferdinand S. PATSCHEIDER 1849–1897
• Therese SCHUCHTER d. 1937, married Rupert Niederleitinger (the oldest surgeon in Austria in Rohrbach (OÖ)) – no descendants!
• Eduard SCHUCHTER, father of Hedwig SCHUCHTER in Göfis, no further data available!
• Josef SCHUCHTER 1862–1922, married on 11.4.1893 to Hedwig HANPOLTER b. 11.10.1865 d. 1951 (8 children, including Emil Schuchter the letter writer)
• Anton SCHUCHTER (father of Dean Oskar Schuchter) – no further data!
• Johanna SCHUCHTER, married court clerk SCHAUER – no further data

(Note by the author: my great-great-grandparents, my father’s father’s mother’s parents)

The Schuchter family is an old Waliser lineage. "Waliser" refers to the Germans who settled along the upper Rhône and remained there since the year 900, whose surplus emigrated and at the turn of the 14th century moved via Vorarlberg into the Traisental to Ischgl and from there gradually also into the upper Inn valley. In one of the old houses with the open staircase leading to the elevated ground floor, the Schuchter bell forge was located for centuries, a craft with a legendary aura.

In our possession we still have this old memorial card of Josef and Magdalena Schuchter. The Mangweth are an old family from the Engadin.

It is said that Josef Schuchter fell into the raging Inn River during a mudslide; the barn that was torn down with him gave him support, and he was able to be rescued.

The couple had five children: Adelheid (note by the author: married Ferdinand S. Patscheider), Therese, Eduard, Josef and Anton. Josef, who continued the bell forge, married Hedwig Hanpolter, through whom our connection to the Hanpolter family in Salzburg originates. Anton was the father of Dean Oskar Schuchter, who was closely connected to our family.

End of excerpt (1988 by Mag.^a Giselheid Patscheider-Riedmann)

They (Josef and Maria Schuchter, note by the author) ran a small farm and a mostly well-functioning forge. They mainly produced bells, i.e. cowbells. This profession had been practiced by the Schuchter family long before and dates back to 1663 or even to 1559, always at the same homestead in Pfunds.

End of excerpt from the letter by Emil Schuchter to Giselheid Patscheider (Link to the complete letter as PDF)

He writes here: „..., so your grandmother was the youngest sister of my father Josef Schuchter. ...” He also writes: „Their parents were Josef Schuchter and Magdalena Mangweth, so they were your father’s grandparents as well as my and your paternal great-grandparents ...”
However, this means that he was mistaken about the cousin relationship; she was actually his second-degree niece! This is also supported by his own drawing which he attached to the letter!

Sources (italicized text is original content):

• "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) Irimbert Patscheider page 13, No. 10:
  Schuchter Josef Alois geboren am 21.8.1820 in Pfunds
  als Sohn des Alois Schuchter und der Aloisia Plangger
  Pfarramt Pfunds Tauf-Reg.-Nr. c/896
  gestorben am 22.12.1886 in Pfunds
• "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) Irimbert Patscheider page 13, No. 10/11:
  Die Eheschließung ... erfolgte am 16.IV.1849
• "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) Irimbert Patscheider page 13, No. 11:
  Mangweth Maria Magdalena geboren am 1.3.1823 in Pfunds
  als Tochter des Josef Mangweth und der Theresia Greil
  Pfarramt Pfunds Tauf-Reg.-Nr. c/905
  gestorben am 27.12.1886 in Pfunds

Comment:

The data from the "Ahnenpass" (ancestry certificate) are all credible, even though some of it was obviously added later.

The dates of death tell a probably tragic story: Maria survived her husband Josef by only one week.