Two Years On
It’s been two years since my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I founded Hagenbuch.org. Since then, the site has amassed a collection of over 100 articles containing family stories, genealogy, and culture. Around this time...
Tagged: Enoch Hagenbuch
Timothy Hagenbuch’s 1851 Letter to His Brother, Enoch
In 1851, Timothy Hagenbuch wrote a letter to his brother, Enoch. The story of how this letter came to be discovered was discussed in the first part in this series. Future articles will explore...
Discovery: 1851 Letter Between Hagenbuch Brothers, Timothy & Enoch
Early this year, an exciting piece of Hagenbuch family history was discovered – an original, 1851 letter from Timothy Hagenbuch to his younger brother, Enoch. Not only does this letter shed light upon important...
Thoughts on Michael Hagenbuch’s Inventory
It’s doubtful Michael Hagenbuch (b. 1746, d. 1809) could ever have imagined how much his descendants 200 years in the future would appreciate him neglecting to make a will. Nevertheless, it is as a...
Albert Ira Hagenbuch Family, LaSalle County, Illinois
In the third part of Enoch Hagenbuch’s history of the Hagenbuch family, we read about his younger brother Charles Hagenbuch (b. 1819) at the homestead in Albany Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Enoch and Charles’s...
Timothy Hagenbuch: Teacher, Scrivener, and Caregiver
On May 12, 1852 Timothy Hagenbuch died at the age of 47 years old. He never married and had no children. Family trees are known as such because they branch and grow as children...
The Century Farm
Evidenced by the many articles that have been written for this website about farming, Andreas began an agricultural legacy when he first purchased land in Berks County in 1738. Although new research is showing...
Enoch Hagenbuch: Early Family Historian, Part 4
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...
Enoch Hagenbuch: Early Family Historian, Part 3
Enoch Hagenbuch’s 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 about Enoch’s...
Enoch Hagenbuch: Early Family Historian, Part 2
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...
