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Jakob Ludwig Theurer

Born at Igis in 1857.

born before 4 Mar 1857 at Igis, Graubünden

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

Jakob Ludwig Theurer was baptised at Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland, in 1857, the son of Jakob Theurer and Verena Hegnauer; one index of the register gives the date as 4 March, another as 4 January.1 He was a grandson of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri. No later record of him has been found.

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Igis, 1857
  • Baptism at Igis, 1857

What's still open

  • Sources. FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers (two entries); the image has not been viewed.

Sources

Source 1

1 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1857

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Jakob Ludwig Theurer, 4 March 1857, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jakob Theurer and Verena Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6F8C-RKSQ (the mother's line FamilySearch record 6F8C-RKSW); another index gives the baptism as 4 January 1857, with the child as Jakob "Ludwig", FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJW9 (the mother's line FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJW3)

Life in time

before 4 Mar 1857

Birth , Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland

proven Source 1

How we know

Born before his baptism; the index gives no date of birth. The place is the parish of baptism.

The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives the baptism of Jakob Ludwig Theurer, son of Jakob Theurer and Verena Hegnauer, on 4 Mar 1857 (another index: 4 Jan 1857).

  1. 1857 Birth before 4 Mar 1857 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Born before his baptism; the index gives no date of birth. The place is the parish of baptism.

    The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives the baptism of Jakob Ludwig Theurer, son of Jakob Theurer and Verena Hegnauer, on 4 Mar 1857 (another index: 4 Jan 1857).

    Source 1

  2. 1857 Baptism 4 Mar 1857 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis Reformed parish register (FamilySearch index; the image has not been viewed). A second index gives 4 Jan 1857.

    The index that reads his full name, Jakob Ludwig Theurer, gives 4 Mar 1857; the other, which misreads Ludwig as his surname, gives 4 Jan 1857. The first is preferred until the image is read.

    Source 1

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The evidence 2 facts with their grades, 1 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth before 4 Mar 1857 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1
Baptism 4 Mar 1857 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1

Research notes

  • Sources: FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers (two entries); the image has not been viewed.1
  • Date: 4 Mar or 4 Jan 1857; the image should settle it, and may give the date of birth.
  • Parents' marriage: indexed as 1859, after this baptism (see his mother's profile).
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as a grandson of Peter Hegnauer.

Working notes

  • Bapt. 4 Mar 1857 Igis (other index 4 Jan 1857)

Sources

  1. 1

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Jakob Ludwig Theurer, 4 March 1857, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jakob Theurer and Verena Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6F8C-RKSQ (the mother's line FamilySearch record 6F8C-RKSW); another index gives the baptism as 4 January 1857, with the child as Jakob "Ludwig", FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJW9 (the mother's line FamilySearch record 6F8C-RJW3)