By 1579, he was Sr. d'Echandens and councillor at Bern. In 1580, he entered military service against the Turks, then settled in Fribourg, where he converted to Catholicism and took the given names "Peter Jakob". He was bourgeois de Fribourg in 1586.
__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER ___| | (1465 - 1524) | | |__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER _______________| | (.... - 1554) | | | __ | | | | |_Barbe HÜBSCHI ______| | | | |__ | | |--Lienhard (Peter Jakob) SCHALLER | (.... - 1593) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marguerite Stockar VON NEUFORN _| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER ___| | (1465 - 1524) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Margaretha SCHALLER | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marguerite LOMBARD _| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER ___| | (1465 - 1524) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Marie SCHALLER | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Barbe HÜBSCHI ______| | | __ | | |__| | |__
Secretary of Bern, he was one of the negotiators for the peace treaty between Savoie and Valais in 1505, and negotiator in 1515 for the treaty between François I of France and the Swiss Confederation.
The von Roth genealogies at the Burgerbibliothek of Bern show Niklaus Schaller and Elsbeth von Diesbach as the parents of the second wife of Antoine Gachet. However, this is not supported by other, more detailed genealogies of the Schaller family. We follow the account posted on the internet by Benoît de Diesbach de Belleroche.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER ___| | (1465 - 1524) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Niklaus SCHALLER | (.... - 1554) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Barbe HÜBSCHI ______| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER ___| | (1465 - 1524) | | |__ | _Niklaus SCHALLER _______________| | (.... - 1554) | | | __ | | | | |_Barbe HÜBSCHI ______| | | | |__ | | |--Niklaus SCHALLER | (.... - 1582) | __ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |__ | | |_Marguerite Stockar VON NEUFORN _| | | __ | | |_____________________| | |__
_____________________ | ___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Theophilus Jones SCHARF _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--J. McBeth SCHARF | | _Daniel MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1816 - 1888) m 1845 | _Ebenezer Hanks MCDOUGALL _| | | (1848 - ....) | | | |_Mary Nigh HANKS ____ | | (1824 - 1897) m 1845 |_Jessie MCDOUGALL ________| (1897 - ....) | | _____________________ | | |_Almira May HANKS _________| (1862 - ....) | |_____________________
_____________________ | ___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Theophilus Jones SCHARF _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Margaret Jessie SCHARF | | _Daniel MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1816 - 1888) m 1845 | _Ebenezer Hanks MCDOUGALL _| | | (1848 - ....) | | | |_Mary Nigh HANKS ____ | | (1824 - 1897) m 1845 |_Jessie MCDOUGALL ________| (1897 - ....) | | _____________________ | | |_Almira May HANKS _________| (1862 - ....) | |_____________________
_____________________ | ___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Theophilus Jones SCHARF _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Samuel Ebenezer SCHARF | | _Daniel MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1816 - 1888) m 1845 | _Ebenezer Hanks MCDOUGALL _| | | (1848 - ....) | | | |_Mary Nigh HANKS ____ | | (1824 - 1897) m 1845 |_Jessie MCDOUGALL ________| (1897 - ....) | | _____________________ | | |_Almira May HANKS _________| (1862 - ....) | |_____________________
_____________________ | ___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Theophilus Jones SCHARF _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |___________________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Theona Almira SCHARF | | _Daniel MCDOUGALL ___+ | | (1816 - 1888) m 1845 | _Ebenezer Hanks MCDOUGALL _| | | (1848 - ....) | | | |_Mary Nigh HANKS ____ | | (1824 - 1897) m 1845 |_Jessie MCDOUGALL ________| (1897 - ....) | | _____________________ | | |_Almira May HANKS _________| (1862 - ....) | |_____________________
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_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Gregory Warren SCHECK | | _Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+ | | (1862 - 1947) m 1882 | _Homer Walter MCCOY _| | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919| | | |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _ | | (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | _________________________ | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____| (1896 - 1963) m 1919| |_________________________
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_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Jeffrey Walter SCHECK | | _Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+ | | (1862 - 1947) m 1882 | _Homer Walter MCCOY _| | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919| | | |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _ | | (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | _________________________ | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____| (1896 - 1963) m 1919| |_________________________
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_____________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | |_____________________ | _Gregory Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _Homer Walter MCCOY _+ | | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919 | |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____ | (1896 - 1963) m 1919 | |--Jenni Anne SCHECK | | _____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Margo PAULOS __________| | | _____________________ | | |_______________________| | |_____________________
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_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Lawrence George SCHECK | | _Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+ | | (1862 - 1947) m 1882 | _Homer Walter MCCOY _| | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919| | | |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _ | | (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | _________________________ | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____| (1896 - 1963) m 1919| |_________________________
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_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Marguerite Ann SCHECK | | _Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+ | | (1862 - 1947) m 1882 | _Homer Walter MCCOY _| | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919| | | |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _ | | (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | _________________________ | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____| (1896 - 1963) m 1919| |_________________________
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_________________________ | _____________________| | | | |_________________________ | _Ronald Warren SCHECK _| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--Steven Ronald SCHECK | | _Elmer Elsworth MCCOY ___+ | | (1862 - 1947) m 1882 | _Homer Walter MCCOY _| | | (1894 - 1974) m 1919| | | |_Sarah Isabella OSBORNE _ | | (1864 - 1943) m 1882 |_Winnifred MCCOY ______| | | _________________________ | | |_Laura C. HOLMES ____| (1896 - 1963) m 1919| |_________________________
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___________________________________ | _________________________| | | | |___________________________________ | _Robert Dean SCHEIBE ___| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | |___________________________________ | | |--Douglas Dean SCHEIBE | | ___________________________________ | | | _Clarence Leroy HERPICH _| | | | | | |___________________________________ | | |_Janet Lucille HERPICH _| | | _Alonzo (Lonnie) Prentiss MARCELL _+ | | (1888 - 1966) m 1912 |_Rosalee Alma MARCELL ___| | |_Nellie Alta VIGUS ________________ m 1912
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_________________________ | _Robert Dean SCHEIBE ___| | | | |_________________________ | _Douglas Dean SCHEIBE _| | | | | _Clarence Leroy HERPICH _ | | | | |_Janet Lucille HERPICH _| | | | |_Rosalee Alma MARCELL ___+ | | |--Eliza Frances SCHEIBE | | _________________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Jane ANDERSON ________| | | _________________________ | | |________________________| | |_________________________
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_________________________ | ________________________| | | | |_________________________ | _John Eric LIECHTY ___| | | | | _________________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | |_________________________ | | |--John Douglas SCHEIBE | | _________________________ | | | _Robert Dean SCHEIBE ___| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Kristin Lee SCHEIBE _| | | _Clarence Leroy HERPICH _ | | |_Janet Lucille HERPICH _| | |_Rosalee Alma MARCELL ___+
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_________________________ | _Robert Dean SCHEIBE ___| | | | |_________________________ | _Douglas Dean SCHEIBE _| | | | | _Clarence Leroy HERPICH _ | | | | |_Janet Lucille HERPICH _| | | | |_Rosalee Alma MARCELL ___+ | | |--John Henry SCHEIBE | | _________________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Jane ANDERSON ________| | | _________________________ | | |________________________| | |_________________________
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___________________________________ | _________________________| | | | |___________________________________ | _Robert Dean SCHEIBE ___| | | | | ___________________________________ | | | | |_________________________| | | | |___________________________________ | | |--Kristin Lee SCHEIBE | | ___________________________________ | | | _Clarence Leroy HERPICH _| | | | | | |___________________________________ | | |_Janet Lucille HERPICH _| | | _Alonzo (Lonnie) Prentiss MARCELL _+ | | (1888 - 1966) m 1912 |_Rosalee Alma MARCELL ___| | |_Nellie Alta VIGUS ________________ m 1912
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His surname is still in question, since it seems to be spelled differently every time is it mentioned in the records of the French congregation at Bischwiller.