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Luzia Luzi

Born in 1771 and died at Igis in 1853.

born about 1771 died 9 Mar 1853 at Igis, Graubünden

Also written Luzia Lutzi, Luzia Hegnauer

Igis from the air, 1 Sep 1947. Werner Friedli, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz, LBS_H1-010091, CC BY-SA 4.0

Life story

Luzia Luzi was born about 1771, a daughter of Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau.1 Where she was born, and how she spent the first thirty-five years of her life, is not yet known.

On 23 December 1806, in the church at Igis, in the Rhine valley of Graubünden, Switzerland, she married Nutt Hegnauer, a son of Christian Hegnauer and Ursula Radig, who was about nine years younger than she.2–3 Their first son, Christian, was baptised on 23 April 1807, and a son, Benediget (Benedikt), whose baptism has not been found, was buried on 25 October 1810.4–5 In February 1812, when Luzia was about forty, she brought her son Peter to be baptised; he bore her own father's name.6 One more child of Nutt and Luzia, whose name the index does not give, was buried at Igis.7 Christian, the eldest, died in October 1830 at the age of twenty-three.8

Peter married Anna Berri in 1833, and Luzia lived to see a large family of grandchildren growing up in Igis; a granddaughter born in May 1838 was named Luzia after her.9–10 She died at Igis on 9 March 1853, aged about eighty-two, and was buried two days later. Nutt died ten months after her.1, 3 The register of Igis citizen families counts Nutt and Luzia as the founding couple of one of the village's Hegnauer citizen families, a line their son Peter took to America in 1872.11

What we know

Proven

  • Birth, 1771
  • Marriage to Nutt Hegnauer at Igis, 1806
  • Death at Igis, 1853
  • Burial at Igis, 1853
  • one home, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Parents. Not yet identified.

Sources

Source 1

1 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1853

Sources 2–3

2 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1806
3 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1854

Sources 4–5

4 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1807
5 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1810

Source 6

6 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1812

Source 7

7 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records

Source 8

8 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1830

Sources 9–10

9 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1833
10 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1838

Source 11

11 Die Igiser Bürgergeschlechter, 2026

Life in time

about 1771

Birth

proven Source 1

How we know

  1. 1771 Birth about 1771 · proven

    Computed from her age at burial (the index gives 1771). Her baptism and birthplace have not been identified.

    Her burial index entry gives a birth year of 1771, computed from her age at death. No baptism for her has been searched for.

    Source 1

  2. 1806 Residence between 23 Dec 1806 and 9 Mar 1853 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Married, had her children baptised and buried, and died at Igis.

    Every record of her married life is in the Igis parish registers.

    Sources 1, 2, 4, 6

  3. 1806 Marriage, with Nutt Hegnauer 23 Dec 1806 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis Reformed parish register (FamilySearch index; the image has not been viewed).

    The Igis marriage index gives Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi, 23 Dec 1806. The couple is named as the parents at the baptisms of 1807 and 1812 and the burials of their children, and Nutt's burial of 1854 names his spouse Luzia Luzi.

    Sources 2, 3

  4. 1807 Son born: Christian Hegnauer family event
  5. 1812 Son born: Peter Hegnauer family event
  6. 1853 Death 9 Mar 1853 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Aged about 82.

    The Igis burial register (FamilySearch index) gives Luzia Hegnauer, died 9 Mar 1853, born 1771, parents Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau. She is the only Luzia who married a Hegnauer in the Igis indexes, and her husband Nutt's burial the next year names his wife Luzia Luzi, so the entry is taken to be hers.

    Source 1

  7. 1853 Burial 11 Mar 1853 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Same burial register entry.

    Source 1

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  • family event

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  1. 1 Igis, Graubünden Residence between 23 Dec 1806 and 9 Mar 1853 · Marriage 23 Dec 1806 · Death 9 Mar 1853 · 1 more

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The evidence 5 facts with their grades, 11 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth about 1771 proven 1
Residence between 23 Dec 1806 and 9 Mar 1853 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1 , 2 , 4 , 6
Marriage with Nutt Hegnauer 23 Dec 1806 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 2 , 3
Death 9 Mar 1853 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1
Burial 11 Mar 1853 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1

Research notes

  • Sources: Every church record here is from FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers ("Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records"); none of the images has been viewed. The Bürgerregister abstract is a secondary source, known from the study's notes.11
  • Her burial: The entry of 11 Mar 1853 is indexed under her married name, Luzia Hegnauer, and names her parents, Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau, but not her husband.1 It is taken to be hers because she is the only Luzia married to a Hegnauer in the Igis indexes, and her husband's burial (Jan 1854) names his wife as Luzia Luzi.3
  • Surname: Luzi (marriage; 1807 and 1812 baptisms), Lutzi (other indexes of the same records and of Peter's marriage) and Luz (1810 burial) are variants of one name.2, 4, 9, 5
  • Age: Born about 1771 by the burial index's computation, she was about 35 at her marriage and about 36 to 41 when her children were born. The images would confirm her age at death.
  • Leads: her baptism about 1771, and the marriage of Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau, in the registers of Igis and the neighbouring parishes (Zizers, Trimmis, Untervaz, Mastrils).
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  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study.

Working notes

  • M. Nutt Hegnauer 23 Dec 1806 Igis (6F84-HZCT); a founding couple of an Igis Hegnauer citizen family per the Burgerregister (bglandquart.ch)
  • Parents Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau

Sources

  1. 1

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Luzia Hegnauer, 11 March 1853, Igis, Graubünden; died 9 March 1853; born 1771 [computed]; parents Peter Luzi and Elsbeth Donau. FamilySearch record 6F88-YYVY

  2. 2

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi, 23 December 1806, Igis, Graubünden. FamilySearch record 6F84-HZCT

  3. 3

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Nuttin Hegnauer, 10 January 1854, Igis, Graubünden; died 8 January 1854; born 1780 [computed]; parents Christ [Christian] Hegnauer and Ursula Nadig [Radig]; spouse Luzia Luzi. FamilySearch record 6F8D-7DG5; also indexed as FamilySearch record 6F8D-7PB7 and FamilySearch record 6F8D-M8GG

  4. 4

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 23 April 1807, Igis, Graubünden; parents Nut Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi. FamilySearch record 66VM-H2CR; also indexed with the parents as Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi, FamilySearch record 6F8C-KMT3

  5. 5

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Benediget [Benedikt] Hegnauer, 25 October 1810, Igis, Graubünden; parents Nut Hegnauer and Luzia Luz [Luzi]. FamilySearch record 66V7-NNY5

  6. 6

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Peter Hegnauer, 19 February 1812, Igis, Graubünden; parents Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi. FamilySearch record 6F8C-YZC3

  7. 7

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, Igis burial-register entry for a child of Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi [Luzi] whose given name the index does not give [the date is not in the study's extract]: father's index entry FamilySearch record 6F8D-31X2.

  8. 8

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Christian Hegnauer, 24 October 1830, Igis, Graubünden; died 22 October 1830; born 1807 [computed]; parents Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi [Luzi]. FamilySearch record 6F8D-4WHD; also indexed as "Christ", FamilySearch record 6F8D-9D5M

  9. 9

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri, 2 June 1833, Igis, Graubünden; groom born 1812 [computed]; groom's parents Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi [Luzi]. FamilySearch record 6F84-D5QJ; also FamilySearch record 6F84-XH8W

  10. 10

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Luzia Hegnauer, 17 May 1838, Igis, Graubünden; born 15 May 1838; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-JNY3; also indexed as Lucia, FamilySearch record 6F8C-15BQ and FamilySearch record 6F8C-LHM7

  11. 11

    Bürgergemeinde Landquart, "Die Igiser Bürgergeschlechter," entry Hegnauer (online, viewed 26 September 2026), an abstract of the Igis Bürgerregister (register of citizen families): as noted by the study on viewing it, Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi were a founding couple (Stammeltern) of an Igis Hegnauer citizen family, and their son Peter, born 1811, husband of Anna Berry of Trimmis, emigrated to America in 1872; the abstract's exact wording for this family was not transcribed, and the register itself has not been seen. bglandquart.ch/die-igiser-buergergeschlechter.html