hegnauer.family
hegnauer.family

Switzerland

Swiss cities and other cantons: Basel, Bern, St. Gallen, Zürich city, Luzern, and entries without a parish

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Mapped offline 2026-09-27; index-only.

Summary

  • Records placed: 230 (210 proven, 17 probable, 3 possible); 94 Hegnauers; 24 couples with a Hegnauer husband and 38 Hegnauer women married into other families.
  • Basel (with Basel-Land and Lörrach): Margreth × Hans Bannwart at Kleinhüningen 1607–1610 (the earliest Basel record); Caspar (b. 1700, bur. 1763); Kaspar × Verena Senn (daughter Anna Maria Christina b. 1833, m. 1862 Jakob Theophil Rudin; children at Liestal and Lörrach, Baden); Samuel × Susanna Hausmann (m. 1839, seven children 1840–1856, among them Susanna × Karl Schweizer and Dorothea × Gustav Eckerlin of Müllheim, Baden); Johann Jacob × Emilie Bächler (m. 1892; the Hörnli cemetery graves of the family); Johann Rudolf × Anna Arber (Läufelfingen 1858, Biel 1858–59); and brides at Liestal (Spinnler 1816, 1843), Läufelfingen/Winterthur (Schenk 1857), Diegten (Ritter 1886). No link from Basel to Elgg, Uster, Igis or Aargau was found; the Basel given names (Samuel, Kaspar, Johann Jacob) fit either Zürich or Aargau.
  • Bern: Hegnauer mothers of 1673–1676 (Bürcki, Oth); Heinrich × Johanna Rüfli (son Samuel Johannes 1812–1858); a Heinrich b. 1747 buried 1818; and daughters of Ludwig (m. Dietiker 1834), Caspar (m. Rodt 1837), Samuel (Barbara × Johannes Held, m. Pfyn TG 1838 — children at Pfyn, Bern, Schiers GR, Wahlern), Johann (m. Gluss 1859), Jakob (m. Lauener 1865), Gottlieb (Maria Albertine Sophie × Streit 1868). Samuel, Ludwig and Caspar appear only as the fathers of brides; their origin is not stated.
  • St. Gallen: Georg Hegnauer of Igis (H0404) and his family (already in the study, charted in Igis, Graubünden: the Hegnauer family from 1744 to the emigrants); Jakob × Maria Magdalena Eugster (twins? Jakob Ernst and Marie Ernestine, b. and d. 1884); Otto, b. 1885, son of Elisabetha Hegnauer, m. Rosa Bertha Vettiger at Lichtensteig in 1911; and Rudolf × Emma Müller (Rorschach 1883), whose parents "Heinrich × Elisabeth Badlei" are probably Heinrich × Elisabetha Brändli of Elgg/Wetzikon (possible). Otto is not a son of Georg H0404 (Georg's children were born Oct 1884 and Feb 1886).
  • Zürich city: Jackob × Anna Weber (son Heinrich 1823), Henrietta Emma × Jakob Meister (m. 1839; children at Urdorf, Liestal, Zürich and Stadel 1841–1861), Margaretha × Salomo Furrer (Fluntern 1734), Ida × Edwin Sidler (Rifferswil 1911), Barbara × Jakob Berli (1916); 20th-century graves at Zürich (Nordheim, Enzenbühl, Eichbühl), Winterthur and Affoltern am Albis.
  • Luzern and Zug (Catholic): Casparus × Margaretha Sticher (Schongau 1643), Hegnauer wives at Schongau 1652–1751 and Hochdorf 1662–1687, and Maria Verena × Georg Dominicus Haussel (Cham ZG 1731). A Catholic Hegnauer group in the Luzern Seetal in the 17th century, separate from the Reformed Zürich and Graubünden lines by confession.
  • Place not indexed ("Schweiz"; FamilySearch standardizes a bare "Schweiz" as "Schwyz", which is not the canton): Hans × Margret Ochsner (1631), Rudolph × Susanna Kuhn (1697), Hans (daughter Regeli b. 1691), Heinrich Peter (1659–1698) and Madle × Heiri Bulen (1668–1728) are entries of the Volketswil register (DGS 8120584; identified 27 Sep 2026, see Volketswil, the parish of Hegnau: the Hegnauer families, 1590–1801). Regula × Jacob Stötschi (1719) is in the Dübendorf register (DGS 8480716). Still unplaced: Anna Elise × Jacob Ritter (1884), Frieda × Albert Sialer (1938), a couple married in 1948 (treated as living — do not publish), and Leonie (b. 1876 La Chaux-de-Fonds; Rotterdam register).

Descendant chart

Chart format: Name (b./bapt. – d./bur.) [person key] {occurrence IDs}; × introduces a spouse with the marriage and the family key; children are indented under their parents' marriage. A link that is not proven carries ‹link: probable› or ‹link: possible› (reasons in the evidence section). A date followed by ? comes from a record attached only as possible. Spouses' origins are shown only where a record states or implies them. H-IDs are people already in the study (data/people.csv is their master). Dates are those of the FamilySearch index; no register image has been read (index-only).

  • Hans Hegnauer [CH-X-001] {O02265} × Margret Ochsner [CH-X-002] [F0093]

    • Verena Hegnauer (bapt. 23 January 1631) [CH-X-003] {O02264}

  • Casparus Hegnauer [CH-LU-001] {O01848} × Margaretha Sticher [CH-LU-002]; m. 9 September 1643, Schongau LU [CH-LU-F01]

  • Rudolph Hegnauer [CH-X-006] {O02266} × Susanna Kuhn [CH-X-007] [F0094]

    • Verena Hegnauer (bapt. 14 March 1697) [CH-X-008] {O02267}

  • Hans Hegnauer [CH-X-009] {O02092} × (spouse not named) [CH-X-F01]

    • Regeli Hegnauer (b. c.1691 – bur. 1 January 1699) [CH-X-010] {O02093}

  • Heinrich Hegnauer [CH-BERN-001] {O01236, O02644} × Johanna Rüfli [CH-BERN-002] [F0011]

    • Samuel Johannes Hegnauer (b. 2 September 1812, bapt. 6 September 1812 – d. 25 January 1858, bur. 27 January 1858) [CH-BERN-003] {O01237, O01291, O02643}

  • Jackob Hegnauer [CH-ZURICH-003] {O02003} × Anna Weber [CH-ZURICH-004] [F0115]

    • Heinrich Hegnauer (bapt. 13 July 1823) [CH-ZURICH-005] {O02002}

  • Kaspar Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-003] {O01269} × Verena Senn [CH-BASEL-004] [F0007]

  • Samuel Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-009] {O00349, O00356, O00358, O01261, O01264, O01265, O01268, O01272, O01278, O01283, O01288, O01971, O02234, O03212} × Susanna Hausmann [CH-BASEL-010]; m. 29 November 1839, Basel [F0008]

    • Susanna Verena Hegnauer (b. 10 May 1840, bapt. 31 May 1840 – d. 22 April 1841, bur. 24 April 1841) [CH-BASEL-011] {O00355, O01287}
    • Jacob Hegnauer (b. 9 May 1844, bapt. 19 May 1844 – d. 17 March 1847, bur. 19 March 1847) [CH-BASEL-012] {O00357, O01260, O02235}
    • Elisabeth Hegnauer (b. 18 March 1846, bapt. 29 March 1846) [CH-BASEL-013] {O01262}
    • Anna Rosina Hegnauer (b. 20 November 1847, bapt. 9 December 1847 – d. 3 August 1873, bur. 5 August 1873) [CH-BASEL-014] {O01267, O01277, O01282}
    • Susanna Hegnauer (b. 11 August 1850, bapt. 27 August 1850) [CH-BASEL-015] {O00340, O00342, O01259, O01263, O01273, O01279, O01281, O01482, O01972} ‹link: probable› × Karl Schweizer [CH-BASEL-016] [CH-BASEL-F13]
    • Rudolf Heinrich Hegnauer (b. 21 March 1852, bapt. 4 April 1852) [CH-BASEL-017] {O01266}
    • Dorothea Hegnauer (b. c.1856) [CH-BASEL-018] {O01240, O02538, O03211, O03213} ‹link: probable› × Gustav Friedrich Eckerlin [CH-BASEL-019] [CH-BASEL-F09]

  • Jakob Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-020] {O00351, O00364} × Susanna Bolliger [CH-BASEL-021]; m. 4 July 1842, Kleinhüningen (Basel) [CH-BASEL-F03]

  • Johann Rudolf Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-026] {O01246, O01961, O03303} × Anna Arber [CH-BASEL-027]; m. 27 June 1858, Läufelfingen BL [F0012]

    • Anna Elisa Hegnauer (b. 30 September 1858, bapt. 17 October 1858 – d. 5 August 1859, bur. 8 August 1859) [CH-BASEL-028] {O01247, O01284, O03304}

  • Jakob Hegnauer [CH-SG-002] {} × Maria Magdalena Eugster [CH-SG-003] [F0096]

    • Jakob Ernst Hegnauer (b. 11 November 1884, bapt. 19 December 1884 – d. 23 December 1884, bur. 25 December 1884) [CH-SG-004] {O01165, O02100, O02199}
    • Marie Ernestine Hegnauer (b. c.1884 – d. 7 December 1884, bur. 10 December 1884) [CH-SG-005] {O02170, O02198}
  • Elisabetha Hegnauer [CH-SG-006] {O00483} × (spouse not named) [CH-SG-F02]
    • Otto Hegnauer (b. 1885) [CH-SG-007] {O00484} × Rosa Bertha Vettiger [CH-SG-008]; m. 4 September 1911, Lichtensteig SG [CH-SG-F03]

Rudolf Hegnauer, child of Heinrich Hegnauer × Anna Elisabetha Brändli [F0054] (elgg.md), link proven:

  • Rudolf Hegnauer (b. 11 June 1858, bapt. 27 June 1858) [CH-ELGG-297] {O00482, O01949, O02146} × Emma Müller [CH-SG-001]; m. 6 November 1883, Rorschach SG [CH-SG-F01] ‹possible›

  • Johann Jacob Hegnauer (– d./bur. 30 September 1939?) [CH-BASEL-029] {O01238, O01251, O01257, O01276, O01289, O02509, O04005} × Emilie Bächler (b. 6 February 1872 – d. 24 August 1941, bur. 24 Aug 1941) [CH-BASEL-030] {O03997}; m. 4 October 1892, Basel [F0010]

    • Hans Emil Hegnauer (b. 20 July 1893, bapt. 22 October 1893 – bur. 3 Mar 1951) [CH-BASEL-031] {O01239, O04063}
    • Albert Hegnauer (b. 1 September 1894, bapt. 3 March 1895 – d./bur. 1918) [CH-BASEL-032] {O01250, O02508, O03967}
    • Emilie Margaretha Hegnauer (b. 4 February 1896, bapt. 23 August 1896 – d. 4 March 1909, bur. 6 March 1909) [CH-BASEL-033] {O01256, O01275, O02507, O04030}

  • Hermann Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-034] {O00353} × Anna Diringer [CH-BASEL-035]; m. 14 November 1905, Basel [CH-BASEL-F07]

  • [living] (b. 1920s) [CH-X-015] LIVING — do not publish × [living] [CH-X-016] LIVING — do not publish; m. 3 April 1948 [CH-X-F04]

  • Caspar Hegnauer [CH-BERN-008] {} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F01]

    • Susanna Hegnauer [CH-BERN-009] {O01243, O01244} × Carl Gottlieb Rodt [CH-BERN-010]; m. 9 September 1837 [CH-BERN-F05]

  • Gottlieb Hegnauer [CH-BERN-013] {} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F07]

    • Maria Albertine Sophie Hegnauer (b. c.1846) [CH-BERN-014] {O01242, O01245, O01248, O01915} × Johann Rudolf Albrecht Streit [CH-BERN-015]; m. 29 May 1868 [CH-BERN-F09]

  • Jakob Hegnauer [CH-BERN-016] {} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F03]

    • Anna Maria Hegnauer (b. c.1823) [CH-BERN-017] {O00361, O01290} × Johann Ludwig Lauener [CH-BERN-018] [CH-BERN-F13]

  • Jodocus Hegnauer [CH-LU-011] {O01905} × Margaretha Müller [CH-LU-012] [CH-LU-F03]

  • Johann Hegnauer [CH-BERN-019] {} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F04]

    • Anna Maria Hegnauer [CH-BERN-020] {O00352} × Jakob Gluss [CH-BERN-021]; m. 21 January 1859 [CH-BERN-F08]

  • Ludwig Hegnauer [CH-BERN-022] {O02696} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F11]

    • Susanna Luise Hegnauer [CH-BERN-023] {O02645} × Ludwig Dietiker [CH-BERN-024] [CH-BERN-F18]

  • Rudolf Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-042] {O01966} × Verena Bauhofer [CH-BASEL-043] [CH-BASEL-F06]

  • Samuel Hegnauer [CH-BERN-029] {O02683, O02695} × (spouse not named) [CH-BERN-F02]

Hegnauer women married into other families (parents not identified)

  • Verena Hegnauer [CH-LU-003] {O01888} × Udalricus Meyer [CH-LU-004]; m. 4 February 1652 [CH-LU-F02]

  • Anna Hegnauer (– bur. 5 January 1687) [CH-LU-005] {O01507} × Jacob Burgi [CH-LU-006] [CH-LU-F06]

  • Madle Hegnauer (b. c.1668 – bur. 4 January 1728) [CH-X-004] {O02097} × Heiri Bulen [CH-X-005] [CH-X-F05]

  • Margaretha Hegnauer [CH-ZURICH-001] {O01926} × Salomo Furrer [CH-ZURICH-002]; m. 26 April 1734 [CH-ZURICH-F01]

  • Johanna (Anna) Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-001] {O01918, O01956, O01957, O01959, O01985, O01987, O02164, O02270, O02271} × Friedrich Spinnler [CH-BASEL-002] {O02163}; m. 10 June 1816 [CH-BASEL-F01]

  • Henrietta Emma Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-007] {O00331, O00365, O00366, O01484, O01954, O01955, O01999, O02004, O02006, O02007, O02274, O02288, O02669} × Jakob Meister [CH-BASEL-008]; m. 1 December 1839 [CH-BASEL-F02]

  • Maria Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-022] {O01980} × Friederich Spinnler [CH-BASEL-023]; m. 17 October 1843 [CH-BASEL-F04]

  • Marianna (Maria Anna) Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-024] {O01470, O01902, O01970} × Jakob Schenk [CH-BASEL-025]; m. 1 February 1857 [CH-BASEL-F05]

  • Maria Hegnauer (b. c.1850) [CH-BERN-004] {O00362, O01274} × Johann Gottlieb Rudolf Studer [CH-BERN-005]; m. 9 August 1873 [CH-BERN-F10]

  • Anna Elise Hegnauer [CH-X-011] {O01986} × Jacob Ritter [CH-X-012]; m. 6 May 1884 [CH-X-F02]

  • Ida Hegnauer [CH-ZURICH-006] {O01473, O01936, O01939, O01942, O01943, O01944, O01998} × Edwin Sidler [CH-ZURICH-007]; m. 11 May 1911 [CH-ZURICH-F02]

  • Frieda Hegnauer [CH-X-013] {O02000} × Albert Sialer [CH-X-014]; m. 16 July 1938 [CH-X-F03]

  • A Hegnauer [CH-BERN-006] {O01233} × Theobald Lohner [CH-BERN-007] [CH-BERN-F12]

  • Anna Barbara Hegnauer [CH-LU-007] {O01910, O01911} × Josephus Leontius Schüepp [CH-LU-008] [CH-LU-F04]

  • Barbara Hegnauer [CH-ZURICH-008] {O01960, O01974} × Jakob Berli [CH-ZURICH-009] [CH-ZURICH-F03]

  • Catharinae Hegnauer [CH-LU-009] {O00920} × Jacobus Büttler [CH-LU-010] [CH-LU-F05]

  • Elisabeth Hegnauer [CH-BERN-011] {O01515} × Rudolf Rufli [CH-BERN-012] [CH-BERN-F14]

  • Elisabeth Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-036] {O00350} × Michael August Zumkehr [CH-BASEL-037] [CH-BASEL-F10]

  • Elise Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-038] {O00339, O00343, O00344, O00359, O01235, O01252, O01253, O01258, O01899} × Jakob Dietiker [CH-BASEL-039] [CH-BASEL-F11]

  • Margreth Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-040] {O01234, O01254} × Hans Bannwart [CH-BASEL-041] [CH-BASEL-F12]

  • Margreth Hegnauer [CH-BERN-025] {O01241} × Niggli Bürcki [CH-BERN-026] [CH-BERN-F15]

  • Maria Hegnauer [CH-LU-013] {O01906, O01909} × Johann Jacob Weibel [CH-LU-014] [CH-LU-F07]

  • Marry Hegnauer [CH-BERN-027] {O00360} × Peter von Rueff [CH-BERN-028] [CH-BERN-F16]

  • Maria Verena Hegnauer [CH-LU-015] {O01338} × Georg Dominicus Haussel [CH-LU-016] [CH-LU-F08]

  • Regula Hegnauer [CH-X-017] {O01901} × Jacob Stötschi [CH-X-018] [CH-X-F06]

  • Sara Hegnauer [CH-BERN-032] {O00345, O02281} × Andres Oth [CH-BERN-033] [CH-BERN-F17]

  • Susanna Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-046] {O01280, O01285} × Samuel Läuble [CH-BASEL-047] [CH-BASEL-F14]
  • Caspar Hegnauer (b. c.1700 – bur. 6 February 1763) [CH-BASEL-048] {O00347}
  • Verena Hegnauer (b. c.1827 – d. 19 June 1882, bur. 22 June 1882) [CH-BASEL-049] {O01293}
  • Heinrich Hegnauer (b. c.1747 – d. 16 September 1818, bur. 19 September 1818) [CH-BERN-034] {O01292}
  • Lina Läubli (b. 14 February 1851 – d. 25 August 1922, bur. 25 Aug 1922) [CH-BERN-035] {O04023}
  • Paul Hegnauer (b. 20 July 1877 – d./bur. 12 November 1918) [CH-BERN-036] {O03176, O04041}
  • Heinrich Peter Hegnauer (b. c.1659 – bur. 1 December 1698) [CH-X-019] {O02167}
  • Leonie Hegnauer (b. 3 October 1876) [CH-X-020] {O03120}
  • Elisabeth Hegnauer (– bur. 7 January 1662) [CH-LU-017] {O01509}
  • Barbara Hegnauer (– bur. 3 April 1751) [CH-LU-018] {O01496}
  • Anna Hegnauer (b. 1897 – d./bur. 1960) [CH-ZURICH-010] {O03007, O03971}
  • Ida Hegnauer (b. 1909 – d./bur. 2006) [CH-ZURICH-011] {O04009}
  • Ralph Hegnauer (b. 1910 – d./bur. 1997) [CH-ZURICH-012] {O04045}
  • Elsy Denner (b. 1917 – d./bur. 2008) [CH-ZURICH-013] {O03994}
  • Emil Hegnauer (b. 19 March 1917 – d. 27 March 1991, bur. 27 Mar 1991) [CH-ZURICH-014] {O03547, O03995}
  • Emma Karolina Mettler (b. 2 October 1917 – d. 31 October 2011, bur. 31 Oct 2011) [CH-ZURICH-015] {O03999}
  • Esther Hegnauer (b. 1919 – d./bur. 2013) [CH-ZURICH-016] {O03549, O04001}
  • Hans Hegnauer (b. 1919 – d./bur. 2010) [CH-ZURICH-017] {O03459, O04006}
  • Ernst Hegnauer (b. 30 July 1929 – d. 23 November 2014, bur. 23 Nov 2014) [CH-ZURICH-018] {O04064}
  • Heidi Hegnauer (b. 8 November 1929 – d. 9 April 2026, bur. 9 Apr 2026) [CH-ZURICH-019] {O04065}
  • Ulrich Fritz (Ueli) Hegnauer (b. 9 July 1953 – d. 17 March 2014, bur. 17 Mar 2014) [CH-ZURICH-020] {O00313, O04057}
  • Regeli Hegnauer [CH-X-010] → CH-X-F01: proven — burial 1 Jan 1699: b. 1691, father Hans Hegnauer
  • Anna Maria Christina Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-005] → F0007: probable — baptized 1833 at Basel to Kaspar × Verena Senn; the bride of Jakob Theophil Rudin (1862, five index entries) is computed b. 1834 - the only Anna Maria Christina Hegnauer in the index
  • Susanna Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-015] → F0008: probable — baptized 1850 at Basel to Samuel × Susanna Hausmann; her 1872 marriage (Reigoldswil) gives b. 1850 and father Samuel
  • Dorothea Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-018] → F0008: probable — her 1877 marriage at Müllheim (Baden) gives b. 24 May 1856 and parents Samuel Hegnauer × Susanna; Samuel × Susanna Hausmann of Basel are the likely couple
  • Jakob Ernst Hegnauer [CH-SG-004] → F0096: proven — baptism / burial entries name the parents Jakob × (Maria) Magdalena Eugster
  • Marie Ernestine Hegnauer [CH-SG-005] → F0096: proven — baptism / burial entries name the parents Jakob × (Maria) Magdalena Eugster
  • Otto Hegnauer [CH-SG-007] → CH-SG-F02: proven — his 1911 marriage gives b. 1885 and names only his mother, Elisabetha Hegnauer
  • Susanna Hegnauer [CH-BERN-009] → CH-BERN-F01: proven — her 1837 marriage names her father Caspar
  • Maria Albertine Sophie Hegnauer [CH-BERN-014] → CH-BERN-F07: proven — her 1868 marriage (Zimmerwald) names her father Gottlieb
  • Anna Maria Hegnauer [CH-BERN-017] → CH-BERN-F03: proven — her 1865 marriage (Thun and Lauterbrunnen indexes) names her father Jakob
  • Anna Maria Hegnauer [CH-BERN-020] → CH-BERN-F04: proven — her 1859 marriage names her father Johann
  • Susanna Luise Hegnauer [CH-BERN-023] → CH-BERN-F11: proven — the Bern baptism of her daughter (1834) names her father Ludwig Hegnauer
  • Verena Louise Hegnauer [CH-BASEL-044] → CH-BASEL-F06: proven — her marriage at Diegten (1886) gives b. 1862 and parents Rudolf Hegnauer × Verena Bauhofer
  • Barbara Hegnauer [CH-BERN-030] → CH-BERN-F02: proven — her 1838 marriage at Pfyn and her 1841 Bern baptism entry name her father Samuel Hegnauer

Merges

  • F0008 Samuel Hegnauer × Susanna Hausmann: F0005, F0006, F0008 and F0009 merged: Samuel × Susanna Hausmann (Hansmann/Hundmann), "Basel, Basel" and "Basel, Basel-Stadt" are the same city
  • F0096 Jakob Hegnauer × Maria Magdalena Eugster: F0096 and F0101 merged

Open questions

  1. Origins of the Basel and Bern fathers (Kaspar, Samuel, Johann Jacob in Basel; Heinrich, Samuel, Ludwig, Caspar in Bern): the marriage entries give the Heimatort; a Zürich, Aargau or Graubünden citizenship would attach each family to a known stem.
  2. Samuel of Bern (father of Barbara, m. 1838) and Samuel × Susanna Hausmann of Basel (m. 1839): father and son? The two Samuels overlap in time with Samuel × Anna Engel of Aargau.
  3. Elise × Jakob Dietiker (Basel 1891–1897) and Susanna Luise × Ludwig Dietiker (Bern 1834): two generations of Hegnauer–Dietiker marriages suggest one family.
  4. The Luzern Catholics (1643–1751): a separate formation of the name, or Zürich Hegnauers who stayed Catholic? Their earliest entries and any citizenship note would bear on H1.
  5. "Schwyz" entries of 1631 and 1697 (Ochsner, Kuhn): find the parish — done 27 Sep 2026: they are entries of the Volketswil register (DGS 8120584, images 304 and 373); see Volketswil, the parish of Hegnau: the Hegnauer families, 1590–1801.

Variant-spelling harvest of 27 Sep 2026: Basel, Bern and the Seeland, Stein am Rhein, Zürich city, Aargau, Thurgau and entries without a parish

Mapped offline from the variant-spelling records imported on 27 Sep 2026 (Variant-spelling harvest, FamilySearch historical records); edits file edits/2026-09-27-map-variants.json. Index-only. The place-less "Schwyz" entries of the first mapping (CH-X-001–010, -017–019: Hans × Margret Ochsner, Rudolph × Susanna Kuhn, Hans the father of Regeli, Madle × Heiri Bulen, Heinrich Peter) turn out to belong to a large series of 1590–1736. That series is the Volketswil register (DGS 8120584, identified 27 Sep 2026) and is charted in Volketswil, the parish of Hegnau: the Hegnauer families, 1590–1801. Regula × Jacob Stötschi is at Dübendorf. The Luzern Seetal families (now from 1584) and Cham ZG are in Central Switzerland (Luzern, Zug): the Hegnauer families, 1584–1739. Chart format as above: Name (b./bapt. – d./bur.) [H-ID] {occurrence IDs}; × introduces a spouse; children are indented under their parents' marriage; ‹link: probable/possible› marks a parent link that is not proven (reasons in the evidence list). People already in the study before 27 Sep 2026 keep their H-IDs (H0001-H1449); the people added from the variant harvest are H1450-H2189. Dates are those of the FamilySearch index; no register image has been read (index-only).

Summary

  • Basel: 41 records, 36 of them further entries of people already mapped: the burials of Samuel × Susanna Hausmann (Samuel d. 9 Jun 1902, b. 1815, indexed "Samuel Kausmann Hegnauer" — probable; Susanna d. 3 Feb 1880), of Jakob × Susanna Bolliger (1881, 1884) and of Johanna Spinnler (Liestal 1842); Dorothea's baptism (8 Jun 1856, b. 24 May 1856, the date her 1877 marriage gives: her parent link is now proven); a further daughter of Samuel, Anna Maria (b. 12 Dec 1841); second entries of the Rudin (1862), Spinnler (1843), Schweizer (1872) and Ritter families; and Hans Caspar × Anna Tschudin (m. 1726; daughter Anna Catharina bapt. 1727 at Wyhlen, 5 km from Basel, indexed Hegenauer) — possibly the Caspar b. c.1700 buried at Basel in 1763 (H1274).
  • Bern and the Seeland, now from 1592: 17 records for the Seeland and 21 for Bern. Uli Hegnower × Anna Öler at Biel (children 1592, 1604; their daughter Margreth probably married Bendicht Benecker there in 1624), brides at Biel (Anna × Hans Mansor 1625) and Twann (Barbli × Peter Burgunder 1612), Peter × Anna Schüler at Bremgarten bei Bern (1609), and Rodolph Hegenauwer × Verena Vogt (m. Muri bei Bern 1645; daughters baptized at Bern 1650 and 1656) — the earliest Bern couple; their Sara (b. 1650) is probably the Sara × Andres Oth of the first mapping (twins 1676). Later: Elsbeth × Michel Ofner (Schüpfen 1678), Hartmann (bur. Bern 1741), Johannes × Elisabeth Thommel (1800, "Hagenauer"), Elisabeth, daughter of Heinrich, × Heinrich Humbel (1821), Johanna Rüfli d. 1835, Jakob × Barbara Peter (Hindelbank 1831), Ida Jolles (1884–1965).
  • Stein am Rhein SH and Wagenhausen TG (19 records; new small line, surname doubtful): Ursula Hegnouwer × Cunrat Graf (seven children, bur. Stein am Rhein 1623) and two other Hegnouwer mothers of the same index series; then Jacob "Hagenauwer", father of Catharina (m. Niclaus Buhl, Stein am Rhein 1721), and Anna Catharina Hagenauwer × Rudolf Has (m. Wagenhausen 1724, bur. Stein am Rhein 1762). Hagenauwer is the spelling of the Igis founder Jacob (H1434, m. 1715); nothing connects them — a lead only, graded possible.
  • Zürich city (17 records): Margret × Michel Müller (1573, three index entries), Jacob × Walpurg Meyer (1586), Elsbeth × Hans Rudolf Su[…] (1587), Lienhart "Hagenauwer" (1632), Rudolf (bur. 1810), Fritz (b. 1868) and his mother Elisabetha, Elisabeth Hegnauer-Wehrli (1862–1914); the 1823 baptism of Heinrich (H1165) is indexed at Stallikon.
  • Aargau (the Baden register of outside marriages): 7 records. Friedrich × Susanna Wolf (H1001, m. 1872) now has proven parents: the Baden entry of his marriage names Jakob × Elisabeth Häusler, who married there in 1847 (Jakob b. c.1800, son of Samuel × Barbara Hauri). Also Ludwig (b. c.1770, son of Jacob × Maria Häfeli) × Johanna Sandmeier (1826), and Susanna × Heinrich Lindenmann (son Friedrich b. c.1839).
  • Thurgau and entries without a parish (46 records): Hans × Verena Bochsler (Kurzdorf 1630); Barbara × Heinrich Frey (Aawangen 1714, bur. Aadorf 1728); Barbara × Hans Jacob Kradolfer (Affeltrangen 1718; perhaps Barbara b. Elgg 1697); Maria × Hans Strupler (eight baptism entries); and some twenty couples known only as parents in undated entries. French-speaking and Solothurn entries: Jean × Anne Madelaine Furrer (Moudon 1848), Adolphe Henri × Anna Maria ("Hegnanes", Tavannes 1861), Joan Petrus "Hagenawer" × Margaritha Piatin (Grenchen SO 1689).
  • St. Gallen: the entries of Georg Hegnauer's family (H0404; his burial of 12 Dec 1917, b. 1846, probable; his daughters Klara, Laura Elwira and Dora Elisabeth) are placed with the Igis line (Igis, Graubünden: the Hegnauer family from 1744 to the emigrants). The Catholic Hagenauer family of St. Gallen, Rorschach and the Rhine valley (Walzenhausen 1792, St. Margrethen 1796, Rorschach 1907, Oberbüren 1948) and the "Hegnor" family of St. Gallen (1584–1628, probably Hegner) are out of study.

Basel

Bern and the Seeland

No family link: Hartmann Hegnauer (– d. 24 October 1741) [H2087], Ida Hegnauer (b. 18 July 1884 – d. 23 January 1965) [H2088].

Stein am Rhein and Wagenhausen (Hegnouwer 1590s–1623; Hagenauwer 1721–1762)

Zürich city

No family link: Rudolf Hegnauer (– d. 23 September 1810) [H1815], Elisabeth Hegnauer (b. 1862 – d. 1914) [H2179].

Aargau

Thurgau and entries without a parish

No family link: Magdalena Hegnauer (– bur. 25 July 1661) [H2164], Anna Hegnauer (– d. 29 May 1674) [H2163], Anna Hegnauer (b. 6 February 1855 – d. 8 February 1923) [H2180].

French-speaking Switzerland and Solothurn

  • Elisabeth Hegnauer [H2092] → Heinrich Hegnauer [H1158]: possible — her 1821 marriage names the father Heinrich; Heinrich × Johanna Rüfli (son b. 1812) is the Bern Heinrich family of that generation
  • Jacob Hegnauer [H1824] → Jacob Hegnauer [H1822]: possible — baptism names only the father Jacob (Hegnanwer), two months after the marriage of Jacob × Walpurg Meyer - possibly their child, or another Jacob's
  • Sara b. 1650 = Sara × Andres Oth (H1266): the only Sara Hegnauer in the Bern index — probable. Margreth b. 1604 = Margret × Bendicht Benecker (Biel 1624) — probable.
  • Samuel "Kausmann" Hegnauer (bur. Basel 1902, b. 1815) = Samuel, husband of Susanna Hausmann (b. 1815) — probable (her surname indexed as his middle name).
  • Barbara × Heinrich Frey (1714) = the Barbara buried at Aadorf in 1728 whose husband is indexed "Heinrich Breyen" / "Hanss Oreÿen" — probable.

Left unplaced or out of study (this file's areas)

  • Out of study: the Catholic Hagenauer of St. Gallen, Rorschach, Walzenhausen, St. Margrethen and Oberbüren (12 entries); "Hegnor/Hegnorin" × Christoffel Scherer (St. Gallen 1584–1628, 5 entries); Maria Sophia Hagenauer × Johannes Lutz (Basel); the Hagenauer brides at Sissach (1806, 4 entries); Agnes Hagenauer (Trachselwald 1859); Angelika Sophie Amalie Buess Hagenauer (Mühlethal AG 1827, the Aarau Hagnauer name); the French names Hegnon (1606; Célestine × Lucien) and Hegan (Marie × Cazenove).
  • Unplaced: "Elisabeth Schlätter Hegnauer" × Samuel Lanz (probably Elisabeth Schlatter, daughter of Verena Hegnauer × Friedrich Schlatter, H1136); Friedrich "Hegnomer" × Maria Werner (Basel 1869, two entries); Johanes "Hegenas" (Bubendorf 1776, two entries); Anna Barbara "Hegan" × Sultzer (Liestal); Elsbet "Hegnold" × Niklÿ (Trub); Samuel "Heguaner" (Baden AG 1872, garbled); "Anna Maria Hegnaner" × "Jakob Hagnaner" (Ottoberg, garbled); Isaac "Hegenam" (Bischofszell 1765, two entries); Ursula "Hegan" × Jacob Keller; the Catholic "Heganerin" mothers of the Toggenburg (two entries).

Open questions (added 27 Sep 2026)

  1. Stein am Rhein: Jacob Hagenauwer (father of a bride of 1721) and the Igis founder Jacob Hagenauwer (m. 1715) share an unusual spelling. The Stein am Rhein registers (baptisms of the 1690s–1700s) would show whether Jacob had a son Jacob — a lead for the owner's line.
  2. Biel and Bern: do the Biel Hegnowers of 1592–1625 and the Bern Hegnauers (from 1645) come from the Zürich families? Their marriage entries may give a Heimatort.
  3. Wyhlen 1726–27: Hans Caspar × Anna Tschudin — is this the Basel Caspar (b. c.1700, bur. 1763)?

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