My Uncle Charles: Letters From Home to Chicago
My Uncle Charles was interested in furthering his education. He was not engrossed in farming as many of our Hagenbuch clan in the early 1900s. His story brings to mind the popular World War...
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Bringing Together Family: The Children of Conrad Hagenbuch
As the Thanksgiving holiday nears, I am reminded of a classic American scene: a family, coming together around the table, preparing to dig into a mouthwatering dinner of stuffed turkey, all the side dishes,...
My Uncle Charles: I Hardly Knew You
Many of you, like me, probably have an uncle, aunt, cousin, grandfather, or grandmother whom we wish we would have taken the time to sit with and visit. I don’t mean to quiz them...
Remembering James H. Hagenbuch: a Helmet and a Lost Love
Last year, we published a five-part series of articles about the family, life, and death of James H. Hagenbuch (b. 1922, d. 1944), a paratrooper who was killed in action during the D-Day invasion....
Distinguishing Features
“Ahh, she looks just like Uncle Joe!” “No, she doesn’t. But she has her mother’s nose.” “Well, I think she looks just her Daddy’s picture when he was born. Look at those eyes and...
The Grisly Demise of Henry Hagenbuch
As a warning to our readers, this article describes the unsettling details of a suicide during the 19th century. Henry Hagenbuch was born on February 23, 1812 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania to Joseph and...
A Family in Photos
As we head into our eighth year of Hagenbuch family historical articles, I find that Andrew has taken the lead on more and more research and knowledge of the family. Our articles are planned...
The Seven Year Itch
Not only is it good to know where we came from, but it is also good to know where we are going. I often think about those few days, seven years ago, when Andrew...
Your Husband, Ben: Letters from the Civil War, Part 6
In the final part of this series, Benjamin “Ben” Del Fel Hagenbuch (b. 1833) is camped with his unit along the Nottoway River in Virginia. Although the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia had surrendered...
What Did They Read?
Books, magazines, newspapers, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, biographies, historical fiction, pure history, romance, poetry—the list could go on and on of what people read. What we read is a reflection of our pleasures, our beliefs,...
