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H0492 The study's number for this person. Cite it and it will always lead here, whatever the spelling.
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Wilhelm (William Nicolas) Hegnauer

Born in 1842.

born about 1842

Neuchâtel and Newark, New Jersey

Wilhelm (William Nicolas) Hegnauer was born about 1842. He married Maria Zwinkel. 2 of his children are in the study. The study knows him from two records: a marriage at Newark on 15 March 1873 and a naturalization index at Middlesex Co. in 1887–89.

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  • Parents. Not yet identified.

Life in time

about 1842

Birth

not graded
  1. 1842 Birth about 1842 · not graded

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  2. 1873 Marriage 15 Mar 1873 · Newark, Essex County · confirmed

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  3. 1887 Naturalization index 1887–89 · Middlesex County, New Jersey · possible

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Places in this life

2 places, in order
1 2
  1. 1 Newark, Essex County Marriage 15 Mar 1873
  2. 2 Middlesex County, New Jersey Naturalization index 1887–89

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Family

This page Wilhelm (William Nicolas) Hegnauer b. c. 1842
Wife Maria Zwinkel
Son Louis Arnold Hegnauer 1874–1925 Son James Ernest Hegnauer 1880–1948
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Marriages 1 record · 1873
  • 15 Mar 1873 confirmed Marriage “Wilhelm Hegnauer” Newark, Essex County FamilySearch · O02688
Migration 1 record · 1887
  • 1887–89 possible Naturalization index “Hegnauer”, mentioned Middlesex County, New Jersey FamilySearch Full-Text · O04140
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Facts

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Birth about 1842 not graded

Working notes

  • Father Rudolph (marriage index); m. Maria Zwinkel 15 Mar 1873 Newark
  • PROVEN father of James Ernest H0499 (SS-5 parents; 1918 draft card 'William Nicolas Hegnauer of Neuchâtel'); family at La Chaux-de-Fonds by 1880; engraver; father Rudolph; home town still unknown
  • A "Wilhelm J Hegnauer" naturalized Middlesex Co., N.J., 1887-89 (possible); Ida Hegnauer (H1444, Mrs Fritz Flückiger) had a daughter at La Chaux-de-Fonds in 1891 - possibly a relative (FamilySearch full text)