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Peter Hegnauer

Born at Igis in 1812, emigrated to Switzerland in 1872, and last recorded at Fountain City in 1880.

born before 19 Feb 1812 at Igis, Graubünden died after 1880

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

Igis

Peter Hegnauer was baptised on 19 February 1812 at Igis, a farming village in the Rhine valley of Graubünden, Switzerland, the son of Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi.1 He was the only one of their children known to have outlived them: his elder brother Christian died in 1830, aged twenty-three, and two other children of the marriage were buried at Igis (see his parents' profiles).2

On 2 June 1833, aged twenty-one, Peter married Anna Berri in the church at Igis.3 The register of Igis citizen families remembers her as Anna Berry of Trimmis, a village a few miles up the valley towards Chur.4

Thirteen children

Over the next twenty-five years Peter and Anna brought thirteen children to the Igis church for baptism. The first, born in March 1834, was named Nutt after Peter's father.5 Verena followed in July 1836, Luzia, named after Peter's mother, in May 1838, Georg in April 1840, Maria in October 1841 and Anna at the end of January 1844 (one index says 1843).6–10 A second Georg was born in January 1846, Margreth in February 1848, a son Peter in September 1849 and Christian just after Christmas 1850.11–14 Christina came in November 1854, Elsbeth in October 1856 and, when Anna was in her forties, a second Christian in April 1858.15–17

Four of the thirteen died young. Georg died in September 1840 at five months, and Margreth in August 1848 at not quite six months; little Peter died in April 1851 and Christian in July 1852, each about a year and a half old.18–21 Peter's own parents died within ten months of each other, his mother in March 1853 and his father in January 1854.22–23

The surviving children married from the 1850s on: Nutt to Anna Barbara Bühler in 1856, Verena to Jakob Theurer, Luzia to Gabriel Steiner and Maria to Adam Adank in 1863, and Anna to Johann Joseph Frick in 1865; Georg probably married Elisabeth Flütsch at Lichtensteig, St. Gallen, in 1878.24 Maria and Anna were still having their children baptised in Switzerland in 1868 and 1870.25

America

In 1872, when he was sixty, Peter left Igis for America, as the village's register of citizen families records.4 Several of his children also went to America. In 1880 the census found Peter, 68, and Anna, 65, both born in Switzerland, at Fountain City, a river town on the Mississippi in Buffalo County, Wisconsin.26 Their daughter Elsbeth, the wife of John Schamann, had given birth to a son there in September 1878.27

Maria and Anna, with their husbands Adam Adank and Johann Joseph Frick, settled further down the Mississippi at Burlington, Iowa, where their own children married in the 1880s and 1890s. Each daughter's death record in Iowa names her father as Peter Hegnauer.28–30 The youngest son, Christian, married Nellie (Cornelia) Conzett in Illinois in 1884 and raised his family in Ohio; he died at Columbus in 1926 and was buried at Mansfield. His death record names his parents as Peter Hegnauer and [Anna] Berry.31

When and where Peter himself died has not been found. The 1880 census is the last record of him.26

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Igis, 1812
  • Baptism at Igis, 1812
  • Marriage to Anna Berri at Igis, 1833
  • Emigration at Igis, 1872
  • Death, 1880
  • one home, from the census and other records

Probable

  • Residence at Fountain City, 1880

What's still open

  • Sources. The Swiss church records are from FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers ("Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records"); none of the images has been viewed.
  • Children in America. Maria is WikiTree's Marie May (Hegnauer) Adank (Hegnauer-3), born 13 Oct 1841, the date of Maria's Igis baptism, died 12 Mar 1922 at Burlington.
  • Death. Not found. A "Mrs.

Sources

Source 1

1 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1812

"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

Source 2

2 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1830

"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

Source 3

3 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1833

"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

Source 4

4 Die Igiser Bürgergeschlechter, 2026

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

Source 5

5 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1834

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Nutt Hegnauer, 31 March 1834, Igis, Graubünden; born 30 March 1834; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-LH39; also indexed as Nuttin, born 31 March 1834, FamilySearch record 6F8C-YCV3

Sources 6–10

6 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1836

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Verena Hegnauer, 24 July 1836, Igis, Graubünden; born 19 July 1836; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-B8XF; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJLY

7 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1838

"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

8 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1840

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Georg Hegnauer, 17 April 1840, Igis, Graubünden; born 16 April 1840; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ7B; also FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MJ3X; a third index gives 17 April 1839, born 16 April 1839, FamilySearch record 6F8C-L4FK

9 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1841

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Hegnauer, 13 October 1841, Igis, Graubünden; born 13 October 1841; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5Q6M; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-B853 and FamilySearch record 6F8C-NPRS

10 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1843

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Anna Hegnauer, 1 February 1843, Igis, Graubünden; born 28 January 1843; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-BM64; two other indexes give the baptism as 1 February 1844 (born 28 January 1843, FamilySearch record 6F8C-PDZ8; born 28 January 1844, FamilySearch record 6F8C-TN9D)

Sources 11–14

11 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1846

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Georg Hegnauer, 8 January 1846, Igis, Graubünden; born 5 January 1846; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berÿ, Beri). FamilySearch record 6F8C-PP82; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-G3PL and FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ3C

12 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1848

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Margreth Hegnauer, 18 February 1848, Igis, Graubünden; born 15 February 1848; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-JNT8; also FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MNLL and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-SMFT

13 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1849

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Peter Hegnauer, 14 September 1849, Igis, Graubünden; born 14 September 1849; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-PDN7; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJY6 and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-M7HG

14 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1851

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 5 January 1851, Igis, Graubünden; born 27 December 1850; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5FXZ; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-BMVH and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-M72C

Sources 15–17

15 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1854

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christina Hegnauer, 3 December 1854, Igis, Graubünden; born 30 November 1854; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1QTH; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-BM8B and FamilySearch record 6F8C-L4JN

16 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1856

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Elsbeth Hegnauer, 26 October 1856, Igis, Graubünden; born 15 October 1856; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-2TP6; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ37 and FamilySearch record 6F8C-TBLR

17 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1858

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 18 April 1858, Igis, Graubünden; born 8 April 1858; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1FV1; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-T1W2 and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MJW7

Sources 18–21

18 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1840

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Georg Hegnauer, 29 September 1840, Igis, Graubünden; died 27 September 1840; born 1840 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8D-96VP; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-9YS1; a third index computes his birth as 1836, FamilySearch record 6F8D-4HRG

19 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1848

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Margreth Hegnauer, 10 August 1848, Igis, Graubünden; died 7 August 1848; born 1848; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F88-N5GY; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-93GY and FamilySearch record 6F8D-SH1M

20 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1851

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Peter Hegnauer, 23 April 1851, Igis, Graubünden; died 20 April 1851; born 1850 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F88-N5NY; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-9QVW and FamilySearch record 6F8D-SV1Y

21 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1852

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Christian ("Christ") Hegnauer, 5 July 1852, Igis, Graubünden; died 3 July 1852; born 1851 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8D-3GNB; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-31SH and FamilySearch record 6F8D-MRMQ

Sources 22–23

22 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1853

"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

23 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1854

"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

Source 24

24 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1856

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriages of children of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri: Nutt [Nuttin] Hegnauer and Anna Barbara Bühler, 10 February 1856, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-FD5D, the groom indexed as "Lehner Nuttin"; also FamilySearch record 6F84-6BJG, FamilySearch record 6F84-8G28 and FamilySearch record 6F84-DPH8, year only); Verena Hegnauer and Jakob Theurer, 1859, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-XKXS; also FamilySearch record 6F84-67MN and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-4R2M); Luzia [Lucia] Hegnauer and Gabriel Steiner, 7 June 1863, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-6YJM; also FamilySearch record 6F84-ZNTY); Maria Hegnauer and Adam Adank, August 1863, Igis (indexed as 2, 12 and 30 August: FamilySearch record 6F84-CR79, FamilySearch record 6F8M-P798, FamilySearch record 6F84-HMTX; also FamilySearch record 6F84-CTNN); Anna Hegnauer and Johann Joseph Frick, June 1865 (13 June, Igis, FamilySearch record 6F84-6YPH; 11 June, Igis, FamilySearch record 6F84-ZJ3Q; 13 June, Zizers, bride born 1844, FamilySearch record 66VW-DM9G); and probably Georg Hegnauer, born 1846, and Elisabeth Flü[b]sch, 19 November 1878, Lichtensteig, St. Gallen, his parents indexed as "Joh" and Anna Berri (FamilySearch record 66V6-6FWG). The indexes that name the Hegnauer spouse's parents give Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berry, Berrÿ, Berer).

Source 25

25 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1868

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Adank, 4 January 1868, Switzerland [parish not given in the index], parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record 6FZT-5ZTC); and baptism of Judith Frick, 11 December 1870, Igis, Graubünden, parents Johannes Frick and Anna Hegnauer (FamilySearch record 6F8C-PPHQ; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJMM).

Source 26

26 United States, Census, 1880, 1812

"United States, Census, 1880," database, FamilySearch, Peter Hegnauer, Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; born about 1812, Switzerland; spouse Anna Hegnauer. FamilySearch record MN4Q-G25; and Anna Hegnauer, born about 1815, Switzerland; spouse Peter Hegnauer. FamilySearch record MN4Q-G2R (index entries; the image, with the rest of the household and the occupations, has not been read).

Source 27

27 Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1878

"Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826–1926," database, FamilySearch, Johann Schamann, born 15 September 1878, Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; parents John Schamann and Elsbeth Hegnauer. FamilySearch record XTMW-443 (index entry; the mother's line FamilySearch record XTMW-447).

Sources 28–30

28 Iowa, County Marriages, 1888

"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838–1934," database, FamilySearch, marriages at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa: Christ. Adank and Clara Rundorff, 16 August 1888, groom's parents Adam Adank and Mary Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJXK-LYS); Mary Adank and Edmund Hellwig, 4 November 1890, bride's parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJX2-GW5); Judith Frick and William Fredrick Schaley, 24 May 1893, bride's parents John Frick and Anna Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJFZ-78H) (index entries).

29 Iowa, Death Records

"Iowa, Death Records, 1904–1951," database, FamilySearch, death record of Mary Adank, naming her father Peter Hegnauer: father's index entries FamilySearch record 68CR-7NFF and FamilySearch record Q24Z-Y82M (the principal's entry, with her date and place of death, is not in the study's extract).

30 Iowa, County Death Records

"Iowa, County Death Records, 1880–1992," database, FamilySearch, death record of Anna Frick, naming her father Peter Hegnauer: father's index entry FamilySearch record QVJP-23X9 (the principal's entry, with her date and place of death, is not in the study's extract).

Source 31

31 Ohio, County Death Records, 1926

"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840–2001," database, FamilySearch, Christian Hegnauer, died 17 February 1926, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; born 7 August 1858, Switzerland; burial 19 February 1926, Mansfield, Ohio; parents Peter Hegnauer and Berry; spouse Cornelia Couzett [Conzett]. FamilySearch record F62K-Z8Z (index entry); and Find a Grave, memorial 186245765, Christian Hegnauer (7 April 1858 – February 1926), Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio (findagrave.com/memorial/186245765) (index line).

Life in time

before 19 Feb 1812

Birth , Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland

proven Sources 1, 4

How we know

Born on or shortly before his baptism. The Bürgerregister abstract gives his birth year as 1811 (see Research Notes).

The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives his baptism on 19 Feb 1812; the index gives no birth date. His marriage index (1833) and the 1880 census both compute a birth year of 1812.

  1. 1812 Birth before 19 Feb 1812 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Born on or shortly before his baptism. The Bürgerregister abstract gives his birth year as 1811 (see Research Notes).

    The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives his baptism on 19 Feb 1812; the index gives no birth date. His marriage index (1833) and the 1880 census both compute a birth year of 1812.

    Sources 1, 4

  2. 1812 Baptism 19 Feb 1812 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis Reformed parish register (FamilySearch index; the image has not been viewed). Parents Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi.

    The baptism names his parents, Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Luzi; his marriage in 1833 names the same parents.

    Sources 1, 3

  3. 1833 Residence between 2 Jun 1833 and 18 Apr 1858 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Married at Igis, where his thirteen children were baptised between 1834 and 1858.

    His marriage and the baptisms of his children in the Igis register.

    Sources 3, 5, 17

  4. 1833 Marriage, with Anna Berri 2 Jun 1833 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis Reformed parish register (two FamilySearch index entries; the image has not been viewed). Groom born 1812 [computed]; his parents Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi [Luzi].

    Both FamilySearch indexes give the marriage of Peter Hegnauer, son of Nutt Hegnauer and Luzia Lutzi, and Anna Berri at Igis on 2 Jun 1833. The couple is named at the baptisms of thirteen children at Igis from 1834 to 1858, and was together in Wisconsin in 1880.

    Sources 3, 26

  5. 1834 Son born: Nutt Hegnauer family event
  6. 1836 Daughter born: Verena Hegnauer family event
  7. 1838 Daughter born: Luzia Hegnauer family event
  8. 1840 Son born: Georg Hegnauer family event
  9. 1841 Daughter born: Maria Hegnauer family event
  10. 1844 Daughter born: Anna Hegnauer family event
  11. 1846 Son born: Georg Hegnauer family event
  12. 1848 Daughter born: Margreth Hegnauer family event
  13. 1849 Son born: Peter Hegnauer family event
  14. 1850 Son born: Christian Hegnauer family event
  15. 1854 Daughter born: Christina Hegnauer family event
  16. 1856 Daughter born: Elsbeth Hegnauer family event
  17. 1858 Son born: Christian Hegnauer family event
  18. 1872 Emigration Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Emigrated to America, according to the Igis Bürgerregister as abstracted by the Bürgergemeinde Landquart. No passenger list has been found.

    The Bürgerregister abstract, as noted by the study, records his emigration in 1872. A Peter Hegnauer, born about 1812 in Switzerland, with his wife Anna, born about 1815, was living in Wisconsin in 1880.

    Sources 4, 26

  19. 1880 Residence Fountain City, Buffalo · probable

    Peter Hegnauer, born about 1812 in Switzerland, with his wife Anna, born about 1815 in Switzerland (FamilySearch index of the 1880 census; the image has not been read).

    Probable identification: the names, ages and Swiss birth fit Peter and Anna of Igis; their daughter Elsbeth, born at Igis in 1856, had a son at Fountain City in Sep 1878 as the wife of John Schamann; and Peter emigrated in 1872. The household and occupation are not in the index extract.

    Sources 26, 27

  20. 1880 Death after 1880 · proven

    The 1880 census is the last record of him found. A "Mrs. Anna Hegnauer" at Burlington, Iowa, in 1885 may be his widow (see Research Notes).

    He was alive at the 1880 census. No death or burial record has been found.

    Source 26

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  1. 1 Igis, Graubünden Birth before 19 Feb 1812 · Baptism 19 Feb 1812 · Residence between 2 Jun 1833 and 18 Apr 1858 · 2 more
  2. 2 Fountain City, Buffalo County Residence 1880

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The evidence 7 facts with their grades, 33 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth before 19 Feb 1812 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1 , 4
Baptism 19 Feb 1812 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1 , 3
Residence between 2 Jun 1833 and 18 Apr 1858 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 3 , 5 , 17
Marriage with Anna Berri 2 Jun 1833 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 3 , 26
Emigration 1872 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 4 , 26
Residence 1880 Fountain City, Buffalo, Wisconsin, United States probable 26 , 27
Death after 1880 proven 26

Research notes

  • Sources: The Swiss church records are from FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers ("Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records"); none of the images has been viewed. The American records are FamilySearch index entries, not read beyond the index. The Bürgerregister abstract is a secondary source, known from the study's notes; its wording for this family was not transcribed.4 The couple is the study's family group F0078 (seventeen index entries for baptisms, which merge to thirteen children).
  • Birth year: The baptism is dated 19 Feb 1812, and his marriage index and the 1880 census both compute 1812.1, 3, 26 The Bürgerregister abstract gives 1811, which would mean a birth late in 1811 and a baptism some weeks later. The study's earlier "1811" is replaced by "before 19 Feb 1812".
  • Children's dates: Georg's baptism is indexed twice as 17 Apr 1840 and once as 17 Apr 1839; his burial (Sep 1840) computes 1840 in two indexes, so 1840 is preferred.8, 18 Anna's baptism is indexed as 1 Feb 1843 (born 28 Jan 1843) and twice as 1 Feb 1844 (born 28 Jan 1843 or 1844); her 1865 marriage index computes 1844, which fits an age of twenty-one and a birth in Jan 1844, so 1844 is now preferred (see her profile).10, 24 The images should settle both.
  • Christina (born 1854): Only her baptism (3 Dec 1854) is known, so she has no profile yet. Her marriage or burial should be looked for in the Igis registers and in America.15
  • The Fountain City couple (probable): The Peter (born about 1812) and Anna (born about 1815) Hegnauer of Fountain City in 1880 are taken to be this couple: the names, ages and Swiss birth fit; their daughter Elsbeth, born at Igis in 1856, was having children at Fountain City in 1878; and Peter's emigration in 1872 is recorded at Igis.26, 27, 4 The census image should be read for the household.
  • Children in America: Maria is WikiTree's Marie May (Hegnauer) Adank (Hegnauer-3), born 13 Oct 1841, the date of Maria's Igis baptism, died 12 Mar 1922 at Burlington.32, 9 WikiTree's biography of Hegnauer-3 also places her at Fountain City in 1880 (unsourced there); if the census confirms it, that strengthens the identification of the Fountain City couple. Anna Frick's Iowa death record names her father as Peter Hegnauer.30 Elsbeth (as Elizabeth Hegnauer) is named as the mother of a bride at Helena, Montana, in 1919 (see her profile). Christian's Ohio death record gives his birth as 7 Aug 1858; his Igis baptism gives born 8 Apr 1858 and Find a Grave 7 Apr 1858, so "August" is probably a slip.31, 17 His wife, indexed "Couzett", is Cornelia Conzett, born in Iowa about 1864; Conzett is a Graubünden name. Of the children who grew up, Nutt, Verena, Luzia and Georg are not known to have emigrated; their later lives have not been traced.
  • Georg (born 1846): Probably the Georg Hegnauer, born 1846, who married Elisabeth Flü[b]sch [Flütsch] at Lichtensteig, St. Gallen, in Nov 1878 and had five children baptised at St. Gallen, 1879–1886; the marriage index names his mother Anna Berri but his father "Joh", so the link is not proven (see his profile).24
  • WikiTree: Hegnauer-26, a Peter Hegnauer with no dates, is linked on WikiTree as the father of Hegnauer-3 (Maria), with Barry-431 ("Mary Barry", born 1821 in Ireland) as her mother.32 Hegnauer-26 is therefore this Peter (probable); Barry-431 is his wife Anna Berri with wrong name, birth year and birthplace (see her profile). On 27 Sep 2026 Hegnauer-26 was confirmed as this Peter (its child Hegnauer-3 was born on the day of Maria's Igis baptism), connected to his parents Hegnauer-57 and Luzi-16, and given this biography; his wife's profile is now Berri-16.
  • Death: Not found. A "Mrs. Anna Hegnauer" is listed at Burlington, Iowa, in 1885, where two of the daughters lived; if she is his widow, he died between 1880 and 1885.33 Leads: Buffalo County, Wisconsin, death and cemetery records (Fountain City); Des Moines County, Iowa (Burlington), death records and cemeteries; the 1885 Iowa state census; a passenger list of 1872.
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study.

Working notes

  • Son of Nutt and Luzia Luzi; m. Anna Berry of Trimmis 1833; children bapt. Igis 1834-58; emigrated to America 1872 (Burgergemeinde Landquart notes) - trace in US records
  • Bapt. 19 Feb 1812 Igis; emigrated 1872; probably Peter Hegnauer of Fountain City, Buffalo Co., Wis., 1880; 13 children (Adank and Frick of Burlington, Iowa; Schamann of Fountain City; Christian 1858-1926 of Ohio); WikiTree Hegnauer-26 PROBABLE - confirm before editing
  • WikiTree Hegnauer-26 confirmed: its child Hegnauer-3 Marie May (Hegnauer) Adank b. 13 Oct 1841 = Maria's Igis baptism; still orphaned (not adopted)
  • Children H0381, H0387, H0391, H0393, H0394, H0400, H0404, H0411-H0414, H0418 (+ Christina b. 1854, no ID)
  • Dead by 1883: Chicago directory 1883-84 "Hegnauer Anna, wid. Peter, house 80 Willow", with son Christian, printer, at the same address (FamilySearch full text)

Sources

  1. 1

    "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

  2. 2

    "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

  3. 3

    "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

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    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

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Nutt Hegnauer, 31 March 1834, Igis, Graubünden; born 30 March 1834; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-LH39; also indexed as Nuttin, born 31 March 1834, FamilySearch record 6F8C-YCV3

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Verena Hegnauer, 24 July 1836, Igis, Graubünden; born 19 July 1836; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-B8XF; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJLY

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    "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

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Georg Hegnauer, 17 April 1840, Igis, Graubünden; born 16 April 1840; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ7B; also FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MJ3X; a third index gives 17 April 1839, born 16 April 1839, FamilySearch record 6F8C-L4FK

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Hegnauer, 13 October 1841, Igis, Graubünden; born 13 October 1841; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5Q6M; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-B853 and FamilySearch record 6F8C-NPRS

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Anna Hegnauer, 1 February 1843, Igis, Graubünden; born 28 January 1843; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-BM64; two other indexes give the baptism as 1 February 1844 (born 28 January 1843, FamilySearch record 6F8C-PDZ8; born 28 January 1844, FamilySearch record 6F8C-TN9D)

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Georg Hegnauer, 8 January 1846, Igis, Graubünden; born 5 January 1846; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berÿ, Beri). FamilySearch record 6F8C-PP82; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-G3PL and FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ3C

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Margreth Hegnauer, 18 February 1848, Igis, Graubünden; born 15 February 1848; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-JNT8; also FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MNLL and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-SMFT

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Peter Hegnauer, 14 September 1849, Igis, Graubünden; born 14 September 1849; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-PDN7; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJY6 and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-M7HG

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 5 January 1851, Igis, Graubünden; born 27 December 1850; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5FXZ; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-BMVH and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-M72C

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christina Hegnauer, 3 December 1854, Igis, Graubünden; born 30 November 1854; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1QTH; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-BM8B and FamilySearch record 6F8C-L4JN

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Elsbeth Hegnauer, 26 October 1856, Igis, Graubünden; born 15 October 1856; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-2TP6; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJ37 and FamilySearch record 6F8C-TBLR

  17. 17

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 18 April 1858, Igis, Graubünden; born 8 April 1858; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berrÿ [Berry]. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1FV1; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-T1W2 and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MJW7

  18. 18

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Georg Hegnauer, 29 September 1840, Igis, Graubünden; died 27 September 1840; born 1840 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8D-96VP; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-9YS1; a third index computes his birth as 1836, FamilySearch record 6F8D-4HRG

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Margreth Hegnauer, 10 August 1848, Igis, Graubünden; died 7 August 1848; born 1848; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F88-N5GY; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-93GY and FamilySearch record 6F8D-SH1M

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Peter Hegnauer, 23 April 1851, Igis, Graubünden; died 20 April 1851; born 1850 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F88-N5NY; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-9QVW and FamilySearch record 6F8D-SV1Y

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Christian ("Christ") Hegnauer, 5 July 1852, Igis, Graubünden; died 3 July 1852; born 1851 [computed]; parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. FamilySearch record 6F8D-3GNB; also FamilySearch record 6F8D-31SH and FamilySearch record 6F8D-MRMQ

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    "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

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    "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

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriages of children of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri: Nutt [Nuttin] Hegnauer and Anna Barbara Bühler, 10 February 1856, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-FD5D, the groom indexed as "Lehner Nuttin"; also FamilySearch record 6F84-6BJG, FamilySearch record 6F84-8G28 and FamilySearch record 6F84-DPH8, year only); Verena Hegnauer and Jakob Theurer, 1859, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-XKXS; also FamilySearch record 6F84-67MN and FamilySearch record 6F8Z-4R2M); Luzia [Lucia] Hegnauer and Gabriel Steiner, 7 June 1863, Igis (FamilySearch record 6F84-6YJM; also FamilySearch record 6F84-ZNTY); Maria Hegnauer and Adam Adank, August 1863, Igis (indexed as 2, 12 and 30 August: FamilySearch record 6F84-CR79, FamilySearch record 6F8M-P798, FamilySearch record 6F84-HMTX; also FamilySearch record 6F84-CTNN); Anna Hegnauer and Johann Joseph Frick, June 1865 (13 June, Igis, FamilySearch record 6F84-6YPH; 11 June, Igis, FamilySearch record 6F84-ZJ3Q; 13 June, Zizers, bride born 1844, FamilySearch record 66VW-DM9G); and probably Georg Hegnauer, born 1846, and Elisabeth Flü[b]sch, 19 November 1878, Lichtensteig, St. Gallen, his parents indexed as "Joh" and Anna Berri (FamilySearch record 66V6-6FWG). The indexes that name the Hegnauer spouse's parents give Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berry, Berrÿ, Berer).

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    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Adank, 4 January 1868, Switzerland [parish not given in the index], parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record 6FZT-5ZTC); and baptism of Judith Frick, 11 December 1870, Igis, Graubünden, parents Johannes Frick and Anna Hegnauer (FamilySearch record 6F8C-PPHQ; also FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJMM).

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    "United States, Census, 1880," database, FamilySearch, Peter Hegnauer, Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; born about 1812, Switzerland; spouse Anna Hegnauer. FamilySearch record MN4Q-G25; and Anna Hegnauer, born about 1815, Switzerland; spouse Peter Hegnauer. FamilySearch record MN4Q-G2R (index entries; the image, with the rest of the household and the occupations, has not been read).

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    "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings, 1826–1926," database, FamilySearch, Johann Schamann, born 15 September 1878, Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin; parents John Schamann and Elsbeth Hegnauer. FamilySearch record XTMW-443 (index entry; the mother's line FamilySearch record XTMW-447).

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    "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838–1934," database, FamilySearch, marriages at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa: Christ. Adank and Clara Rundorff, 16 August 1888, groom's parents Adam Adank and Mary Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJXK-LYS); Mary Adank and Edmund Hellwig, 4 November 1890, bride's parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJX2-GW5); Judith Frick and William Fredrick Schaley, 24 May 1893, bride's parents John Frick and Anna Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJFZ-78H) (index entries).

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    "Iowa, Death Records, 1904–1951," database, FamilySearch, death record of Mary Adank, naming her father Peter Hegnauer: father's index entries FamilySearch record 68CR-7NFF and FamilySearch record Q24Z-Y82M (the principal's entry, with her date and place of death, is not in the study's extract).

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    "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880–1992," database, FamilySearch, death record of Anna Frick, naming her father Peter Hegnauer: father's index entry FamilySearch record QVJP-23X9 (the principal's entry, with her date and place of death, is not in the study's extract).

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    "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840–2001," database, FamilySearch, Christian Hegnauer, died 17 February 1926, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; born 7 August 1858, Switzerland; burial 19 February 1926, Mansfield, Ohio; parents Peter Hegnauer and Berry; spouse Cornelia Couzett [Conzett]. FamilySearch record F62K-Z8Z (index entry); and Find a Grave, memorial 186245765, Christian Hegnauer (7 April 1858 – February 1926), Mansfield Cemetery, Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio (findagrave.com/memorial/186245765) (index line).

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    WikiTree, profile Hegnauer-3, Marie May (Hegnauer) Adank, born 13 October 1841, Switzerland; died 12 March 1922, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; parents linked as Peter Hegnauer (Hegnauer-26, no dates) and Mary Barry (Barry-431, born 1821, Ireland) (data fields read through the WikiTree API, 25 September 2026; the biography and its sources have not been read). wikitree.com/wiki/Hegnauer-3

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    "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 – ca. 1990," database, FamilySearch, Mrs. Anna Hegnauer, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, 1885 (three index entries: FamilySearch record 682X-2GL7, FamilySearch record 68GG-BZXJ and FamilySearch record D4T4-D8T2; the directory pages have not been read).