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Ursula Hegnauer

Born at Igis in 1809 and died there in 1809.

born before 16 Mar 1809 at Igis, Graubünden died before 19 Mar 1809 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

Ursula Hegnauer was baptised at Igis, in the Rhine valley of Graubünden, Switzerland, on 16 March 1809, the first child of Jakob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch, who had married in the Igis church the previous October.1–2 She was given the name of her father's mother, Ursula, who had been buried at Igis eight months before.3–4

Ursula lived only a few days. An infant Ursula Hegnauer, very probably she, was buried at Igis on 19 March 1809, three days after her baptism.5 Her parents' next child, Christian, was baptised in August 1810, and six more children followed, among them Luzius, who took his own family to America in 1856.6–8

What we know

Proven

  • Birth at Igis, 1809
  • Baptism at Igis, 1809
  • Burial at Igis, 1809

Probable

  • Death at Igis, 1809

What's still open

  • Sources. FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers; the images have not been viewed.

Sources

Sources 1–2

1 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1809

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Ursula Hegnauer, 16 March 1809, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5QWW

2 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1808

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch, 18 October 1808, Igis, Graubünden. FamilySearch record 6F84-F9CG; also indexed with the bride as Christina Flaisch, FamilySearch record 66VW-PY6Q

Sources 3–4

3 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1783

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Jakob Hegnauer, 5 September 1783, Igis, Graubünden; parents Christian Hegnauer and Urs Radig. FamilySearch record 66VM-K176

4 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1808

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Ursula Hegnauer Nadig, 17 July 1808, Igis, Graubünden; born 1746 [computed from her age]. FamilySearch record 66V7-GRZK; also indexed as FamilySearch record 6F8D-4JSL

Source 5

5 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1809

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Ursula Hegnauer, 19 March 1809, Igis, Graubünden; age "0 days", born 1809 [computed]; parents not given in the index. FamilySearch record 66V7-J8GQ; also indexed as FamilySearch record 6F8D-31ZJ

Sources 6–8

6 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1810

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 2 August 1810, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-N58P; also indexed as Christian "Heggauer", 12 August 1810, FamilySearch record 66VM-NMNT

7 Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1819

"Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Luzius Hegnauer, 8 December 1819, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jakob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1QQT; also (mother "Christina Plisch") FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MNJX

8 New York, Passenger Lists, 1856

"New York, Passenger Lists, 1820–1957," database with images, Ancestry, ship Chase from Havre, arrived New York 30 September 1856 (NARA M237, roll 167), lines 155–161, family of Luzius Hegnauer indexed as "Hegemann". ancestry.com/search/collections/7488/records/1377441; arrival 29 Sep 1856 in the New York Herald and New-York Daily Tribune, 30 September 1856.

Life in time

before 16 Mar 1809

Birth , Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland

proven Source 1

How we know

Only her baptism is recorded, so she was born on or shortly before 16 Mar 1809.

The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives her baptism on 16 Mar 1809; the index gives no birth date.

  1. 1809 Birth before 16 Mar 1809 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Only her baptism is recorded, so she was born on or shortly before 16 Mar 1809.

    The Igis baptism register (FamilySearch index) gives her baptism on 16 Mar 1809; the index gives no birth date.

    Source 1

  2. 1809 Baptism 16 Mar 1809 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis Reformed parish register (FamilySearch index; the image has not been viewed). Parents Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch.

    The Igis baptism register names her parents as Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch, who had married at Igis on 18 Oct 1808 and are named at the baptisms of six more children to 1824.

    Source 1

  3. 1809 Death before 19 Mar 1809 · Igis, Graubünden · probable

    Probable: see the burial.

    If the infant Ursula Hegnauer buried at Igis on 19 Mar 1809 is she (probable), she died on or shortly before that day, a few days old. The index gives no death date.

    Source 5

  4. 1809 Burial 19 Mar 1809 · Igis, Graubünden · proven

    Igis burial register (FamilySearch index, two entries): Ursula Hegnauer, age "0 days", born 1809 [computed]. The index names no parents, so the identification is probable. The image has not been viewed.

    She is the only Ursula Hegnauer baptised at Igis between 1795 and 1830, and the infant Ursula Hegnauer buried on 19 Mar 1809, three days after her baptism, has an indexed birth year of 1809.

    Sources 1, 5

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The evidence 4 facts with their grades, 8 sources, and the research notes

Facts

Fact Date Place Grade Sources
Birth before 16 Mar 1809 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1
Baptism 16 Mar 1809 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1
Death before 19 Mar 1809 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland probable 5
Burial 19 Mar 1809 Igis, Graubünden, Switzerland proven 1 , 5

Research notes

  • Sources: FamilySearch's index of the Igis Reformed parish registers; the images have not been viewed.1, 5
  • Burial (probable): The two index entries of the burial of 19 Mar 1809 name no parents and give her age as "0 days", which cannot be exact for a child baptised three days before. She is the only Ursula Hegnauer baptised at Igis between 1795 and 1830, and the burial index gives a birth year of 1809, so the burial is very probably hers.5
  • Her name: Her father's mother, Ursula Radig (probably born Nadig), was buried at Igis on 17 Jul 1808; her father's baptism of 1783 names his parents as Christian Hegnauer and Urs Radig. Her brother Christian (1810) bore the name of the same grandfather.3, 4, 6
  • This profile is part of the Hegnauer one-name study.

Working notes

  • Parents: proven - baptized 16 March 1809, both parents named in the entry
  • Reviewed 27 Sep 2026 : bapt. Igis 16 Mar 1809 (6F8C-5QWW); bur. Igis 19 Mar 1809, aged 0 days (66V7-J8GQ, 6F8D-31ZJ) - probable: no parents indexed, the only Ursula Hegnauer baptised at Igis 1795-1830

Sources

  1. 1

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Ursula Hegnauer, 16 March 1809, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-5QWW

  2. 2

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, marriage of Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch, 18 October 1808, Igis, Graubünden. FamilySearch record 6F84-F9CG; also indexed with the bride as Christina Flaisch, FamilySearch record 66VW-PY6Q

  3. 3

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Jakob Hegnauer, 5 September 1783, Igis, Graubünden; parents Christian Hegnauer and Urs Radig. FamilySearch record 66VM-K176

  4. 4

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Ursula Hegnauer Nadig, 17 July 1808, Igis, Graubünden; born 1746 [computed from her age]. FamilySearch record 66V7-GRZK; also indexed as FamilySearch record 6F8D-4JSL

  5. 5

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, burial of Ursula Hegnauer, 19 March 1809, Igis, Graubünden; age "0 days", born 1809 [computed]; parents not given in the index. FamilySearch record 66V7-J8GQ; also indexed as FamilySearch record 6F8D-31ZJ

  6. 6

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Christian Hegnauer, 2 August 1810, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jacob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-N58P; also indexed as Christian "Heggauer", 12 August 1810, FamilySearch record 66VM-NMNT

  7. 7

    "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418–1996," database, FamilySearch, baptism of Luzius Hegnauer, 8 December 1819, Igis, Graubünden; parents Jakob Hegnauer and Christina Pleisch. FamilySearch record 6F8C-1QQT; also (mother "Christina Plisch") FamilySearch record 6F8Z-MNJX

  8. 8

    "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820–1957," database with images, Ancestry, ship Chase from Havre, arrived New York 30 September 1856 (NARA M237, roll 167), lines 155–161, family of Luzius Hegnauer indexed as "Hegemann". ancestry.com/search/collections/7488/records/1377441; arrival 29 Sep 1856 in the New York Herald and New-York Daily Tribune, 30 September 1856.