The long handshake

10 generations

One line of descent from Jacob to the present, each life overlapping the next: a chain of people who could, in principle, have shaken hands. The badge on each row grades the link to the generation above. The living generations keep their dates to themselves.

Move along the years to see who was alive at the same time.

  1. Generation 10 Jacob Hegnauer bef. 1695–aft. 1734 married Leta Gujan
  2. Generation 9 Nutt Hegnauer 1725–aft. 1762 married Madlena Krädtli
  3. Generation 8 Christian Hegnauer c. 1749–bef. 1825 married Ursula Radig
  4. Generation 7 Jakob Hegnauer 1783–1858 married Christina Pleisch
  5. Generation 6 Luzius Hegnauer 1819–aft. 1890 married Anna Margreth Bernet
  6. Generation 5 Leonhard Hegnauer 1843–1916 married Susanna Katharina Hirschi
  7. Generation 4 Robert Lucius Hegnauer 1887–1969 married Lotta Alice Donnell
  8. Generation 3 Robert Lucius Hegnauer Jr. 1916–1999 married Adelaide Louise Curtis
  9. Generation 2 Living Hegnauer living
  10. Generation 1 Living Hegnauer living

Where they were born

Members

207 public pages

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

And 36 living people, whose pages show only the surname.