Our Musser Cousins, Part 2
As described in part one in this series, our Hagenbuch family is more than just Andreas (b. 1715), Henry (b. 1737), Michael (b. 1746), and our other male ancestors. There are just as many...
Category: Family
Margaretha (Hagenbuch) Mosser and Our Musser Cousins
In his 1884 history of the Hagenbuch family, Enoch Hagenbuch (b. 1814) wrote of his aunt: One of Michael’s daughters, Margaretta [sic], married Jacob Mosser. She was born Oct. 23, 1779. They moved to...
For Posterity: Moving the Hagenbuch Archives
The Hagenbuch Archives are a repository of photographs, documents, genealogy books, newspaper clippings, letters, and other ephemera related to our Hagenbuch family. They were begun by my late father, Mark, in the 1970s and...
Mineral Spring Discovered by Heman Hagenbaugh
On Thursday, June 19, 1873 it was reported that Heman Hagenbaugh had discovered a mineral spring on his farm near Burr Oak, Michigan. The Detroit Advertiser and Tribune published the following details under the...
Wishing You a Peaceful Thanksgiving
There is something delightful about old postcards—the thoughtful designs, bright colors, and embossed illustrations. Many resemble snapshot photographs, while others look more like greeting cards. About a month ago, I noticed a postcard on...
Dog Guards Fallen Boy From Death on Tracks
Searching for one thing can occasionally lead a person to encounter something unexpected and yet equally as fascinating. This has happened to me when researching families, and most recently occurred while looking for the...
Good Things Come in Threes
They say good things come in threes: three wishes, three gifts of the Magi, and for my wife, Sara, and I, three children. In August, we welcomed a third child to our family—a daughter—Rosanna...
Ray Hagenbaugh and the LAPD Shrine Club
There are multiple lines of Hagenbaughs living in the United States. These Hagenbaughs are actually Hagenbuchs. It’s just that their pronunciation and spelling of our family name has changed over time. California is one...
Who’s There Now? Finding Family in Philadelphia
Ebay is a great place to find family artifacts and memorabilia. Search Hagenbuch.org and you will find many different items that were located through the online auction site, such as matchbooks, Taufscheine, bottles, and...
Childcare in the 1930s: Irene (Faus) Hagenbuch’s School Project
Raising children isn’t easy—especially during an economic downturn. In the 1930s, the Great Depression put renewed focus on America’s children and how they were being taught. In 1933, Congress tasked the Works Progress Administration...
