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H0514 The study's number for this person. Cite it and it will always lead here, whatever the spelling.
· From the index

Louis Hegnauer

Born in Switzerland about 1874 and probably arrived at Ellis Island in 1892.

born about 1874 in Switzerland

Louis Hegnauer was born about 1874 in Switzerland. He probably arrived at Ellis Island on 21 March 1892.

No biography has been written yet; this is put together from the study's index and records.

What we know

Probable

  • Immigration at Ellis Island, 1892
  • Immigration at Manhattan, 1892

Recorded, not yet graded

  • Birth in Switzerland, 1874

What's still open

  • Parents. Not yet identified.

Life in time

about 1874

Birth, Switzerland

not graded
  1. 1874 Birth about 1874 · Switzerland · not graded

    No more detail than this, yet.

  2. 1892 Immigration 21 Mar 1892 · Ellis Island, New York City · probable

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  3. 1892 Immigration 21 Mar 1892 · Manhattan, New York City · probable

    The record →

  • probable
  • not graded

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Places in this life

3 places, in order
1 2 3
  1. 1 Switzerland Birth about 1874
  2. 2 Ellis Island, New York City Immigration 21 Mar 1892
  3. 3 Manhattan, New York City Immigration 21 Mar 1892

Hollow markers are placed approximately, at the town, county or region.

Records

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Migration 2 records · 1892
  • 21 Mar 1892 probable Immigration “Louis Hegnauer” Ellis Island, New York City FamilySearch · O02710
  • 21 Mar 1892 probable Immigration “Louis Hegnauer” Manhattan, New York City FamilySearch · O02778
The evidence 1 facts with their grades

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth about 1874 Switzerland not graded

Working notes

  • Landed New York 21 Mar 1892; possibly Louis Arnold of Newark (US-NWK-003), who was born 1874
  • PROBABLY = H0494 Louis Arnold (18, Swiss, from Le Havre, 1892)
Cite this page H0514

Evidence Explained

Hegnauer One-Name Study, “Louis Hegnauer (H0514, b. c. 1874),” hegnauer.family (https://hegnauer.family/people/h0514-louis-hegnauer/ : accessed 28 September 2026).

Chicago (notes)

“Louis Hegnauer (H0514, b. c. 1874),” hegnauer.family, Hegnauer One-Name Study, accessed September 28, 2026, https://hegnauer.family/people/h0514-louis-hegnauer/.

H0514 is this person's permanent number in the study. Names get respelled; the number never changes, so the link and the citation keep working.

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