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Adam Adank

Also written Adam Andank

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

Adam Adank married Maria Hegnauer, a daughter of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri of Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland, in August 1863; the marriage was entered at Igis, and also at Ardez and probably at Fläsch.1 Their children Anna, Christian and Maria were baptised in 1864 at Ardez and in 1865 and 1868 probably at Fläsch.2–4

The family later settled at Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. There Adam's son Christian married Clara Rundorff in 1888 and his daughter Mary married Edmund Hellwig in 1890; both records name Adam Adank as the father.5 He is also named as the father in the Iowa death records of his sons George (1923) and Chris (1940), both of Burlington Township.6 When and where Adam was born and died has not been found by the study.

What we know

Proven

  • Marriage to Maria Hegnauer at Igis, 1863
  • one home, from the census and other records

What's still open

  • Sources. FamilySearch index entries only (Swiss church records, Iowa marriages and deaths); no images have been viewed.
  • Parents. Not yet identified.

Sources

Source 1

1 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1863

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Maria Hegnauer and Adam Adank, August 1863; bride's parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berrÿ, Berry): at Igis, Graubünden, 2 August 1863 (FamilySearch record 6F84-CR79) and 30 August 1863 (FamilySearch record 6F84-HMTX); place given as "Schweiz", 12 August 1863, digital folder 8126175, image 109 (probably Fläsch) (FamilySearch record 6F8M-P798); place "Schweiz" (standardized by FamilySearch as "Schwyz"), August 1863, Ardez register, digital folder 8196022, image 99 (FamilySearch record 6F84-CTNN)

Sources 2–4

2 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1864

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Anna Adank, 24 January 1864 [index place "Schweiz", which FamilySearch standardizes as "Schwyz"; Ardez register, digital folder 8196022, image 56]; parents Adam Andank [Adank] and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6F8C-YZRC

3 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1865

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Adank, 16 March 1865 [place given as "Schweiz"; digital folder 8126175, image 55, probably Fläsch]; parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6FZT-TFCM

4 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1868

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Adank, 4 January 1868 [place given as "Schweiz"; digital folder 8126175, image 64, probably Fläsch]; parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6FZT-5ZTC

Source 5

5 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); Edmund Hellwig and Mary Adank, 4 November 1890, bride's parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJX2-GW5) (index entries).

Source 6

6 Iowa, Death Records, 1923

"Iowa, Death Records, 1904–1951," database, FamilySearch, George Adank, died 11 November 1923, Burlington Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, parents Adam Adank and Marj [Mary] Hegnauer (FamilySearch record Q24Z-TTLC; also FamilySearch record 68CT-9LQ2); and Chris Adank, died 27 April 1940, Burlington Township, parents Adam Adank and Mary Hegnauer (FamilySearch record Q24D-LCSX) (index entries).

Life in time

Aug 1863

Marriage, with Maria Hegnauer , Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland

proven Source 1

How we know

Four FamilySearch index entries (the images have not been viewed): two place the marriage at Igis, on 2 Aug and on 30 Aug 1863; one gives 12 Aug 1863 with the place only as "Schweiz" (digital folder 8126175, a film of the Jenins, Zizers, Fläsch and Sur registers; probably Fläsch, the Adank parish); one gives Aug 1863 with the place "Schweiz", which FamilySearch standardizes as "Schwyz" (not the canton): its folder 8196022, image group 004, is the Ardez register (probable).

All four indexes give the marriage of Maria Hegnauer, daughter of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri, and Adam Adank in August 1863. The couple is named as the parents at the baptisms of three children in 1864–1868 and in the Iowa marriage and death records of their children at Burlington from 1888 to 1940.

  1. 1863 Marriage, with Maria Hegnauer Aug 1863 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Four FamilySearch index entries (the images have not been viewed): two place the marriage at Igis, on 2 Aug and on 30 Aug 1863; one gives 12 Aug 1863 with the place only as "Schweiz" (digital folder 8126175, a film of the Jenins, Zizers, Fläsch and Sur registers; probably Fläsch, the Adank parish); one gives Aug 1863 with the place "Schweiz", which FamilySearch standardizes as "Schwyz" (not the canton): its folder 8196022, image group 004, is the Ardez register (probable).

    All four indexes give the marriage of Maria Hegnauer, daughter of Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri, and Adam Adank in August 1863. The couple is named as the parents at the baptisms of three children in 1864–1868 and in the Iowa marriage and death records of their children at Burlington from 1888 to 1940.

    Source 1

  2. 1864 Residence between 24 Jan 1864 and 4 Jan 1868 · Switzerland · proven

    His children were baptised at Ardez in 1864 (probable) and probably at Fläsch in 1865 and 1868. The indexes give only "Schweiz"; the parishes come from the films.

    The three baptisms name Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer as the parents.

    Sources 2, 3, 4

  3. 1864 Daughter born: Anna Adank family event
  4. 1865 Son born: Christian Adank family event
  5. 1868 Daughter born: Maria Adank family event
  • proven
  • family event

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Places in this life

2 places, in order
1 2
  1. 1 Igis, Graubünden Marriage Aug 1863
  2. 2 Switzerland Residence between 24 Jan 1864 and 4 Jan 1868

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The evidence 2 facts with their grades, 6 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Marriage with Maria Hegnauer Aug 1863 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1
Residence between 24 Jan 1864 and 4 Jan 1868 Switzerland proven 2 , 3 , 4

Research notes

  • Sources: FamilySearch index entries only (Swiss church records, Iowa marriages and deaths); no images have been viewed. His own birth, emigration and death records have not been found.
  • Origin: Probably Fläsch, Graubünden. His children's baptisms of 1865 and 1868, and one of the three marriage entries, are on digital folder 8126175. That film holds the Jenins, Zizers (Catholic), Fläsch and Sur registers and carries 864 Adank index entries (probable). His first child Anna was baptised at Ardez in the Lower Engadine in January 1864 (folder 8196022, image group 004; probable). The couple's marriage is entered there too, with Christian Adank and Anna Catharina Adank, probably his parents; an Anna Catharina Adank was baptised on the same folder in 1860. The index gives these entries only "Schweiz", which FamilySearch standardizes as "Schwyz", not the canton.1, 2, 3, 4
  • WikiTree: Adank-59 is his profile (linked there as the husband of Hegnauer-3, Maria); its dates have not been harvested by the study and should be compared with the Iowa records before editing.
  • Leads: Des Moines County, Iowa, naturalization and death records; Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington (where Maria is said to be buried); the 1880 census (the family may have been at Fountain City, Wisconsin, with Maria's parents).
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study, as the husband of Maria Hegnauer.

Working notes

  • Husband of Maria Hegnauer (H0394), m. Aug 1863 Igis; of Burlington, Iowa
  • WikiTree Adank-59 gives b. 24 Apr 1838, d. 23 Feb 1925 (check against Iowa records); Adank-61 Julius (b. 1861 Ill.) attached as a son cannot be Maria's
  • Register identified 27 Sep 2026: marriage entries of Aug 1863 at Igis, at Ardez (DGS 8196022, probable) and on DGS 8126175 (probably Fläsch); not canton Schwyz

Sources

  1. 1

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Maria Hegnauer and Adam Adank, August 1863; bride's parents Peter Hegnauer and Anna Berri (Berrÿ, Berry): at Igis, Graubünden, 2 August 1863 (FamilySearch record 6F84-CR79) and 30 August 1863 (FamilySearch record 6F84-HMTX); place given as "Schweiz", 12 August 1863, digital folder 8126175, image 109 (probably Fläsch) (FamilySearch record 6F8M-P798); place "Schweiz" (standardized by FamilySearch as "Schwyz"), August 1863, Ardez register, digital folder 8196022, image 99 (FamilySearch record 6F84-CTNN)

  2. 2

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Anna Adank, 24 January 1864 [index place "Schweiz", which FamilySearch standardizes as "Schwyz"; Ardez register, digital folder 8196022, image 56]; parents Adam Andank [Adank] and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6F8C-YZRC

  3. 3

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Adank, 16 March 1865 [place given as "Schweiz"; digital folder 8126175, image 55, probably Fläsch]; parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6FZT-TFCM

  4. 4

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Maria Adank, 4 January 1868 [place given as "Schweiz"; digital folder 8126175, image 64, probably Fläsch]; parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer. FamilySearch record 6FZT-5ZTC

  5. 5

    "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); Edmund Hellwig and Mary Adank, 4 November 1890, bride's parents Adam Adank and Maria Hegnauer (FamilySearch record XJX2-GW5) (index entries).

  6. 6

    "Iowa, Death Records, 1904–1951," database, FamilySearch, George Adank, died 11 November 1923, Burlington Township, Des Moines County, Iowa, parents Adam Adank and Marj [Mary] Hegnauer (FamilySearch record Q24Z-TTLC; also FamilySearch record 68CT-9LQ2); and Chris Adank, died 27 April 1940, Burlington Township, parents Adam Adank and Mary Hegnauer (FamilySearch record Q24D-LCSX) (index entries).