The Story of the Vaudois The Pastres were a French family belonging to a Protestant sect of people exiled from the south of Europe by Catholics and known as the Vaudois. To get at the very fountainhead of our blood beginnings, let us consider very briefly the fascinating story of the Vaudois.
Why the Brunners came to the U.S. Now let us consider in a word the larger political aspects of Wurtemberg [also spelled Württemberg, an area now known as Baden-Württemberg], which led to our forefathers coming to America.