When Peter Schöni was christened on 5 December 1728, in Diessbach bei Büren, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Schöni, was 26 and his mother, Elsbeth Müsser, was 27.
Some characteristic forenames: German Claus, Mathias.
Perhaps an altered form of German Schantz .
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