Hagenbuch family history & genealogy
As this website deals with facts (although sometimes an unverifiable family story is included), the adage “write what you know” attributed to Mark Twain is the usual standard. In that vein, I asked my...
Before Andreas Hagenbuch and his family immigrated to America in 1737, they lived in either Grossgartach or Lomersheim in what is now southern Germany. While Andreas was a native German, his ancestors were not....
As a boy, I didn’t realize how much of an impact growing up on a farm would have on me. Because I moved from the farm when I was 13, I mostly only remember...
The following article was originally published after finding the site of Hiram Hagenbuch’s (b. 1847) home in 2015. It opened a new chapter in our understanding of Hiram and his family, as well as...
We continue with the fourth and final installment of Enoch Hagenbuch’s history of the Hagenbuch family (Read: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). In this, Enoch details information about the lives of his...
On April 9, 1785 Andreas Hagenbuch (b. 1715) signed his last will and testament. He died sometime between April 11th and September 26th of that year and was buried at the Hagenbuch Homestead in...
Enoch Hagenbuch’s (b. 1814) written history left off with his mention of having thirteen children (Read: Part 1 and Part 2). We continue in Part 3 with the listing of those children and details...
Andreas Hagenbuch died in 1785, sometime between April 11th and September 26th. (Evidence suggests he probably died in late August or early September.) He was buried in the family cemetery at the Hagenbuch homestead...
Enoch Hagenbuch (b. 1814) continues his history of the Hagenbuch family (Read: Part 1) as he relates names and dates for his brother Nathan, his children (Enoch’s nieces and nephews), and a sister who...
This article documents a trip that occurred on May 31, 2015, when I was still living in California. During visits to Pennsylvania, my father, Mark, and I would explore sites connected to our Hagenbuch...
