Flying with Honor: Major Glenn E. Hagenbuch, Part 2
By the end of 1942, Captain Glenn Everett Hagenbuch (b. 1918)—a farm boy from Illinois—was stationed in England with the Army Air Corps. (Read Part 1 in this series to learn about Glenn’s early...
Category: History
Flying with Honor: Major Glenn E. Hagenbuch, Part 1
There are many Hagenbuchs who have served honorably in the United States Armed Forces, dating all the way back to the sons of Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715) during the Revolutionary War. These family members...
If These Walls Could Talk
If these walls could talk, what stories would they tell? This question keeps running through my mind as I decorate the house that my wife, Sara, and I bought a few months ago. The...
Thoughts on Christian Hagenbuch’s Last Will and Testament
Christian Hagenbuch was born on December 17, 1747 at the Hagenbuch Homestead in present-day Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Back then, Albany Township was on the frontier and still part of Philadelphia County within...
Christian Hagenbuch’s Last Will and Testament
Christian Hagenbuch (b. 1747) was the third son of Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715), who immigrated to America in 1737. He was born December 17, 1747 in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania to Andreas and...
Dr. Elmer J. Hagenbaugh: Library Thief, Physician, and Convict
On January 30, 1890, 26-year-old Elmer J. Hagenbaugh was arrested in Los Gatos, California. He was charged with grand larceny and accused of stealing $206 of books (around $7,000 today) from the State Library...
Dowager Julia A. (Landbach) Hagenbuch
If you have ever watched a Marx Brothers’ film, then you are probably familiar with the character of the dowager—a wealthy widow. In many of the Marx Brothers’ films, the dowager was portrayed by...
Taufscheine for Norman Hagenbuch and Maggie Linsenbigler
A few weeks ago, I was leafing through a book my father, Mark, had given to me: To These Parents: A Compendium of Pennsylvania German Taufscheine, Volume One. One Taufschein—a birth and baptism document—caught...
Family Events of the 1700s with Historical Context
We can learn a lot from history—and if you’re reading this site, then I suspect that you already agree with this statement. Yet, sometimes a single family event from the past provides only a...
Hagenbuch Coat of Arms Revisited
In early June, Andrew received a message from Jacob Robison who asked some questions about our family’s DNA tests and also about the Hagenbuch coat of arms. He was curious if we had any...
