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Court 1850 Igis, Graubünden

Peter is declared bankrupt, and his family asks for a guardian

In July 1850 the authorities of Igis declared Peter Hegnauer bankrupt, and in August, at his own family's request, a guardian was set over him and his household.

On 4 July 1850 the authorities of Igis decreed the call in bankruptcy, "den Conkursruf", over "den hiesigen Bürger Peter de N. Hegnauer", a citizen of the village: Peter, son of Nutt. The notice appeared in the cantonal gazette, the Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden. Seven weeks later a second notice followed, dated Igis, 21 August: "Auf Ansuchen der Familie des hiesigen Peter Hegnauer", at the request of his family, a guardian (Vogt), Ammann Richard Dolf, was set over Peter "sammt seiner Familie", together with his family. Peter was thirty-eight and had married Anna Berri in 1833. The notices go on: his under-age children were placed under supervision in January 1856, and new guardians were named for "Peter Hegnauer und dessen Familie" in 1859, 1861 and 1865. The later notices give no father's name, so they are probably, not certainly, this Peter.
- Peter Hegnauer
- Anna Berri
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 12 Jul 1850, p. 192, and 23 Aug 1850, p. 248 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Emigration 1856 Le Havre, to New York

The family crosses on the Chace, and a seaman drowns

In 1856 Luzius, Margreth and their five children sailed from Le Havre on a ship that met light winds and calms the whole way and lost a man from the bowsprit.

The American ship Chace, master White, sailed from Le Havre for New York on 22 August 1856 with merchandise and 200 passengers. Among them were Luzius and Margreth Hegnauer of Igis and their five children, entered on the passenger list as "Hegemann": Lucie 36, Marguerite 37, Johann 15, Leonhard 13, Christian[e] 10, Martin 8 and Christian 5. The ship "has had light winds and calms the entire passage", the New York Herald reported. On 8 September a seaman, Henry Henrickson of Holstein, "fell from the bowsprit overboard, and was drowned". Six days later the brig Clinton spoke the Chace, "23 days out", and was told she had "lost a boy overboard, named Harry", presumably the same man. She reached New York on Monday 29 September. The same page of the Herald carried "The Revolution in Switzerland", a rising that had broken out after she sailed.
New York Herald and New-York Daily Tribune, 30 Sep 1856, and the passenger list of the Chase (NARA M237, roll 167), in the research note on the ship
War 1864 Ivey's Hill, Mississippi

John's regiment charges with sabres at Ivey's Hill

In the winter of 1864 John's regiment marched through bottoms of ice-filled water and then made a sabre charge that a rail fence stopped.

In January and February 1864 the 4th Missouri Cavalry, John's regiment, marched from Union City to Collierville through bottoms where "the water was from 2 to 4 feet deep and filled with large cakes of broken ice". On 22 February, at Ivey's Hill near Okolona, Mississippi, "General Smith ordered the Fourth Missouri Cavalry to charge with sabers". A rail fence stopped the charge, and the regiment's howitzer shell "is reported to have killed Colonel Forrest". On the whole expedition the regiment lost 6 killed, 4 wounded and 4 missing. Corporal John Hegnauer of Company B was present at the musters of 31 December 1863 and 29 February 1864, with no absence recorded between, so he was very likely on the march and in the charge; no card places him there.
- Johannes Hegnauer
Official Records, Series I, vol. 32, pt. 1, pp. 268 and 270, and John's muster rolls (NARA M405, Fold3), as cited in the research note on the Civil War
War 1864 Gasconade County, Missouri

Luzius swears a neighbour betrayed Union men to the rebels

Two weeks after Price's army passed through Gasconade County in 1864, Luzius very probably swore that Henry Domeyer had betrayed the Union men of his neighbourhood to the rebels.

In early October 1864 Sterling Price's Confederate army crossed Gasconade County on its raid through Missouri and took Hermann on the evening of 3 October. On 18 October a "Lucius Hegnaner", very probably Luzius, who still held his farm in the county, swore an affidavit that on 4 October Henry Domeyer had "betrayed union men in his neighborhood to the rebels". It survives among the Union provost marshals' papers. Six years earlier, in October 1858, a "Luzius Hegnaner" and Henry Domeyer had together witnessed a wedding held "at the house of Henry Domeyer" in Boeuf Township. Only a machine transcription of the affidavit has been read, which also renders the name as "Lizurs Hegenne"; the full file may give the deponent's residence.
- Luzius Hegnauer
Affidavit of 18 Oct 1864, Union provost marshals' papers, Gasconade County, Missouri (FamilySearch Full-Text machine transcription)
Emigration 1869 Madison County, Missouri

Leonhard takes his family across Missouri by ox-team

In 1869 Leonhard and Susanna left Illinois for the Kansas border, a trip of three weeks in wagons pulled by oxen.

In 1869 Leonhard and Susanna left Madison County, Illinois, with their two small children, Mary and Christian, for Bates County, Missouri, on the Kansas border. According to the county history of 1918, the family came across the state in wagons pulled by ox-teams, a trip of three weeks; the nearest railroad station was Pleasant Hill, fifty miles away. The Union army's General Order No. 11 had emptied the county in 1863, and many of its people never came back. That year Leonhard and Anton Hammer bought land together from Thomas J. Garrison for $600. By August 1870 Leonhard was farming in Prairie City Township with real estate worth $1,900, the Hammers were his neighbours, and a Swiss-born farmer, Peter Grob, lived in the house.
History of Bates County, Missouri (1918), p. 721, as cited in Leonhard's biography
Death 1916 Prairie City, Missouri

A thousand come to bury Leonhard

When Leonhard Hegnauer died in 1916, the Appleton City Journal put the crowd at his funeral at one thousand.

Leonhard Hegnauer died at his home in Appleton City on Tuesday, 31 October 1916, a few days after a paralytic stroke. The funeral waited until the Sunday for his son Leonard to arrive from the State of Washington. It was held at the German Reformed church north of Prairie City, conducted by the Rev. Neuenschwander of Lowry City, and members of the city's post of the G.A.R., the Union veterans, were his pall bearers. "The crowd in attendance at the funeral service was estimated at one thousand people," the Journal wrote, "attesting the high esteem in which he was held by the people of the community." He left his widow, three sons, two daughters, twenty-one grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Appleton City Journal, 9 Nov 1916, p. 1
Business 1955 Banning, California

Robert announces a race between a hare and a tortoise

In 1955 Banning's Chamber of Commerce, with Robert as its secretary-manager, staged an "Aesop Olympics".

In September 1955 the San Bernardino County Sun carried a feature headed "Aesop Olympics": Banning, California, would stage a race between a hare and a tortoise on 13-15 October. The race was announced by R. L. Hegnauer, secretary-manager of the Banning Chamber of Commerce. The study identifies him as Robert Lucius Hegnauer, then sixty-seven: the Appleton City boy who had judged corn in Illinois, and at Wells, Minnesota, had taught school, managed a seed house and bought cattle, before he came to Banning a few years earlier. The study has not found which of the two won. Five years later he became the city's treasurer.
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
The San Bernardino County Sun, 9 Sep 1955, p. 20

Office 1366 Zürich (Neumarkt)

The first Hegnauer on record was probably a cook

In the Zürich tax book of 1366 the clerk wrote "sin koch", his cook, then struck it out and wrote the name Johans Hegenower.

Die Steuerbücher von Stadt und Landschaft Zürich des XIV. und XV. Jahrhunderts, vol. I (1918), p. 172, in the study's note on the Zürich tax books
Death 1629 Elgg, canton Zürich

Seven Hegnauer burials at Elgg in 1629

Between February and October 1629 the Elgg register recorded the deaths of at least seven Hegnauers, two brothers among them and, in one fortnight of August, three entries naming an Ulrich.
Elgg Reformed burial register (FamilySearch index), in the study's reconstruction of the Elgg families
Wedding 1715 Igis, Graubünden

Jacob, the first Hegnauer at Igis, marries Margreth Hartmann

On 1 March 1715 Jacob Hegnauer married at Igis, the first of the name in the village's registers and very probably the forefather of every later Igis Hegnauer.
Igis Reformed church book (FamilySearch index), as cited in Jacob Hegnauer's biography
Death 1791 Igis, Graubünden

Three sons named Christian, and none lives to four

Christian and Ursula Hegnauer of Igis gave three sons their father's name between 1781 and 1791, and none of the three lived to the age of four.
Igis Reformed parish registers (FamilySearch index), as cited in Christian Hegnauer's biography
Office 1799 Igis, Graubünden

When the Igis president stays away, Hegnauer takes his place

When the Salis-Marschlins property was sequestered in March 1799, the president of Igis stayed away, and a Hegnauer took his place.
- Christian Hegnauer
Staatsarchiv Graubünden, Helvetic archive, dossiers B II/02.0056, .0138, .0158 and .0245 (catalogue descriptions), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Farm 1850 Township 4 North, Illinois

Christian Hirschi pays for his first land with a Mexican War warrant

Three months after reaching Highland, Christian Hirschi very probably paid for 160 acres of public land with a warrant earned by a private of the 7th Infantry.
- Christian Hirschi Sr.
- Peter Hirschi
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office, military-warrant patent MW-1062-051 to Christian Hirsche, assignee of John McCabe, 1 May 1851
Emigration 1850 Le Havre to New York, Illinois

Thirteen Hirschis cross on the Belmont

In 1850 Christian Hirschi took his wife, ten children and his father of seventy-one from Canton Bern to Highland, Illinois; one of the children was Leonhard's future wife.
Passenger list of the ship Belmont, Le Havre to New York, arrived 1 August 1850, lines 70–82 (NARA M237)
Emigration 1854 Igis, Graubünden

The gazette sends Peter to America, then to the Engadine

In April 1854 a creditors' call announced that Peter Hegnauer of Igis was emigrating to America with his family; a week later the gazette corrected itself.
- Nutt Hegnauer
- Peter Hegnauer
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 14 Apr 1854, p. 138, and 21 Apr 1854, p. 144 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Emigration 1856 Igis, Wisconsin

Christina and Nicolaus Hermann follow their daughter to Wisconsin

An Igis Hegnauer woman and her husband emigrated in 1856, the same year as Luzius, and settled in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
- Christina Hegnauer
- Nicolaus Hermann
Biography of Frederick Spoehr, a county biographical history of Outagamie County, Wisconsin (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Emigration 1856 Igis and Zizers, Graubünden

Luzius is granted his emigration call

In June 1856 the cantonal gazette announced that Luzius Hegnauer and his family meant to emigrate to America, and summoned everyone who owed him money or was owed by him.
- Luzius Hegnauer
- Anna Margreth Bernet
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 6 Jun 1856, p. 167 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
War 1861 Hermann, Missouri

Luzius and Leonhard enlist at Hermann for three years

In the autumn of 1861 Leonhard, eighteen, and then his father Luzius, nearly forty-two, signed on at Hermann, and the company books describe them both.
- Luzius Hegnauer
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Company descriptive book, 4th Missouri Infantry, Lucius Hegnauer, enlisted at Hermann 18 Nov 1861 (NARA M405; Fold3 image 239395003)
War 1861 Gasconade County, Missouri

Luzius and Leonhard guard the railroad bridges

After the Gasconade bridge was burned in June 1861, Luzius and his son Leonhard very probably served together in the Home Guards set to watch the county's railroad bridges.
- Luzius Hegnauer
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Gasconade County Home Guard service cards, 1861 (FamilySearch Full-Text machine transcription)
War 1862 Bentonville and Pea Ridge, Arkansas

John's company goes back for an abandoned gun at Pea Ridge

In March 1862 John's company charged in the rear guard at Bentonville and, at Leetown, returned to rescue a gun left behind.
- Johannes Hegnauer
Col. Joseph Nemett's report, Official Records, Series I, vol. 8, pp. 244–245, as cited in the research note on the Civil War
War 1862 Missouri

Leonhard is sick in hospital

In the autumn of 1862 Leonhard, a railroad guard in the 4th Missouri Infantry, was absent sick in hospital, and he was still marked sick at the end of the year.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Company E, 4th Missouri Infantry, return for October 1862 (Fold3 image 239395000), and Hermanner Volksblatt, 16 May 1863, as cited in the research note on the Civil War
War 1864 Brice's Crossroads, Tennessee

John is away with General A. J. Smith

The one muster John missed in three years came in June 1864, the month his regiment cut its way out of the rout at Brice's Crossroads.
- Johannes Hegnauer
John's muster roll for May–June 1864 (Fold3 image 211860515) and Official Records, Series I, vol. 39, pt. 1, p. 133, as cited in the research note on the Civil War
Wedding 1866 Highland, Illinois

Leonhard marries Susanna at Highland on the Fourth of July

On Independence Day 1866 the pastor of Highland's German Evangelical congregation married Leonhard of Graubünden to Susanna Katharina Hirschi of Canton Bern.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
- Susanna Katharina Hirschi
German Evangelical congregation, Highland, Illinois, marriage register 1860–1870, p. 363, 1866 no. 2 (image read)
Farm 1868 Gasconade County, Missouri

Luzius and Margaretha sell the farm to their lender

After eight years of mortgages, Luzius and Margaretha sold their Gasconade County farm at the end of 1868 to the man who held their notes, and left the county's records.
- Luzius Hegnauer
- Anna Margreth Bernet
Warranty deed, Luzi and Margaretha Hegnaner to Herman Kemper, 26 Dec 1868, recorded 6 Apr 1870, Gasconade County deed records (FamilySearch Full-Text machine transcription)
Emigration 1872 Igis, Wisconsin

Peter leaves Igis at sixty, and Christian goes to a printing office

Peter Hegnauer emigrated in 1872, aged sixty; early the next year his youngest son was a printer's apprentice at Fountain City, Wisconsin.
Biographical directory entry for Christian Hegnauer, editor, Ohio, about 1914 (FamilySearch Full-Text; filed as 'Missouri, Stillbirths')
Court 1874 Trimmis and Igis, Graubünden

Johann Ulrich contracts to keep his uncle and cousin for life

In November 1874 the guardians of two Igis Hegnauers, a father and his son, made a contract with a younger Hegnauer to keep them for the rest of their lives.
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 27 Nov 1874, p. 376, with the guardianship notices of 1868-1873 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Emigration 1879 Buffalo County, Wisconsin

Dr. Nutin renounces the republic of Switzerland

In October 1879 a Swiss doctor of Fountain City, Wisconsin, became an American citizen in the Buffalo County court.
- Nutt Hegnauer
Naturalization, Buffalo County Circuit Court, Wisconsin, 28 Oct 1879, vol. 2 p. 421 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Business 1882 Galveston, Texas

Dr. Hegnauer consults in four languages at Galveston

In 1882 a Galveston card announced 'Dr. med. N. Hegnauer', with consultations in German, French, Italian and Spanish.
- Nutt Hegnauer
Galveston newspaper card, burial certificates, court calendars and tax list, 1882–1887 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Office 1884 Bates County, Missouri

Leonhard stands for county treasurer

Leonhard's first run for county office, in 1884, ended some seven hundred votes short.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Butler Weekly Times, 12 Nov 1884, p. 5
Emigration 1884 Le Havre, New York

The Seengen Hegnauers cross to Rochester in two parties

In 1884 Jacob Hegnauer's family came from Seengen to Rochester, New York, in two sailings from Le Havre, in March and October.
Departure list of the steamer Saint-Germain, Le Havre, 18 Oct 1884 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Farm 1891 Bates County, Missouri

Twenty farmers buy an 1,800-pound stallion

In 1891 Leonhard joined a company of twenty farmers who paid $1,900 for an English Shire stallion.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Butler Times-Press, 5 Sep 1891, p. 2
Office 1892 Bates County, Missouri

Leonhard runs for judge and loses to his future bank partner

In 1892 the Republicans put Leonhard up for county judge; the man who beat him later sat beside him at the bank.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Butler Daily Democrat, 5 Nov 1892, p. 4
Business 1897 Rockville, Missouri

The Bank of Rockville in "good and safe hands"

In 1897 the directors of the Bank of Rockville made Leonhard their vice-president.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Butler Daily Democrat, 12 Oct 1897, p. 4 (from the Rockville Gimlet)
Office 1900 Butler, Missouri

Leonhard: Bryan will not get a single German vote

In October 1900 Leonhard called at the Butler Times-Press to set it straight about the German Republicans.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Butler Times-Press, 13 Oct 1900, p. 7
Emigration 1905 Ellis Island, Illinois

Marcin Worek sails from Antwerp on the Vaderland

In December 1905 a twenty-five-year-old labourer from a Galician village landed at Ellis Island, bound for his brother-in-law in a Pennsylvania steel town.
- Martin Worek
- Margaret Senkowska
Ellis Island passenger list, S.S. Vaderland, 13 Dec 1905 (FamilySearch), as cited in Martin's biography
Death 1907 Lawton, Oklahoma

John buries Mary at Lawton, then leaves for the Soldiers' Home

John paid $7.50 for a cemetery lot at Lawton, Oklahoma, where Mary was buried in 1907; in the end a stranger was buried there, not he.
- Johannes Hegnauer
- Mary
Highland Cemetery burial record book, Lawton, Oklahoma, block 21½, lot 46 (FamilySearch Full-Text; image viewed)
Family 1907 Appleton City and Pleasant Gap, Missouri

Leonhard minds his son-in-law's farm

When Joe Link fell ill in 1907, he came to Leonhard's house in Appleton City to see a specialist, and Leonhard went out to look after his farm.
Appleton City Journal, 11 Apr 1907, p. 7
Emigration 1907 Ellis Island, Illinois

Małgorzata Senkowska lands with ten dollars

In November 1907 a twenty-year-old woman from Wesoła came through Ellis Island on her way to a friend in Joliet, Illinois.
New York passenger list, S.S. Zeeland, 12 Nov 1907 (Ancestry), as cited in Margaret's biography
Business 1909 Appleton City, Missouri

Robert helps run the paper while the editor takes the waters

In 1909 the Appleton City Journal's ailing editor left his paper in the hands of three young printers, Robert among them.
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
The El Dorado Springs News, 17 Jun 1909, p. 8 (from the Appleton City Journal)
Farm 1910 Metolius, Oregon

Christian's Metolius homestead is patented

In 1910 the Land Office granted Christian 160 acres on the high plateau of central Oregon, where he and Elizabeth spent the rest of their lives.
- Christian Hegnauer
- Elizabeth Stadler
U.S. General Land Office homestead patent, The Dalles serial 03149 (10 Oct 1910), as cited in Christian's biography
Emigration 1910 Appleton City, Missouri

Leonhard remembers 22-cent bacon at Papinville

Talk of high prices in 1910 sent Leonhard back to his first days in Bates County.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Butler Times-Press, 9 Apr 1910, p. 5 ("Hudson" column), as read in the Leonhard harvest's review (§9c, item 9)
Wedding 1910 Marshall, Missouri

Robert and Lotta marry, an Academy romance

The Marshall paper said the love affair began when both graduated from the Appleton City Academy.
The Marshall Republican, 12 Aug 1910, p. 4
Farm 1911 Urbana, Illinois

Robert qualifies as an expert judge of corn

In 1911 the Illinois Corn Growers' Association certified Robert as "a fully qualified expert judge of corn".
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 22 Jun 1911, p. 1
Family 1915 Prairie City, Missouri

Sixty Hegnauers sit down to dinner

The family reunion of August 1915 fed about sixty people at Chris Hegnauer's farm near Prairie City.
Appleton City Journal, 26 Aug 1915, p. 1
Business 1916 Rockville, Missouri

Leonhard's bank turns twenty-five

In January 1916 the Rockville paper praised the bank Leonhard now led, while the same page reported him on the sick list.
Rockville Booster, 14 Jan 1916, p. 4
Death 1918 Wells, Minnesota

The message comes before the letter

In February 1918 news of Susanna's death reached her son Robert in Minnesota before the letter saying she was ill.
The Wells Mirror (Wells, Minnesota), 20 Feb 1918, p. 6, as read in the Leonhard harvest's review (§9c, item 24)
Death 1918 Prairie City, Missouri

The telephone brings the news that Grandma Hegnauer has died

Susanna Hirschi died in February 1918, sixteen months after Leonhard, and the news went round Pleasant Gap by telephone.
Appleton City Journal, 21 Feb 1918, p. 5
Death 1927 Rockville, Missouri

Martin stays home while his father and brothers go to war

Martin Hegnauer's obituary remembered that he was too young to enlist, and stayed at home to help his mother.
Appleton City Journal, 31 Mar 1927, p. 6
Emigration 1927 Rockville, Missouri

The Whiteners are driven out of China

In March 1927 a missionary family, forced out of China, arrived at Chris and Anna Hegnauer's home in Rockville.
Appleton City Journal, 31 Mar 1927, p. 6 (Rockville Department)
Office 1931 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lotta runs the emergency clothes station

In the autumn of 1931 Lotta Hegnauer directed a Minneapolis workroom where women were paid to remake old clothes for needy families.
- Lotta Alice Donnell
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, 4 Oct 1931
Family 1936 Wells, Minnesota

Robert forecasts 90,000 for the Fats versus the Leans

As master of ceremonies of Wells's Paul Bunyan basketball tournament, Robert promised a sell-out.
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
The Wells Mirror, 6 Feb 1936
War 1943 Bremerton, Marshall Islands

Robert Jr. joins the Navy's floating repair shops in the Pacific

In 1944 a Minneapolis man, rated machinist's mate for ship repair, joined the floating base that followed the Pacific fleet.
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer Jr.
U.S. Navy muster rolls (Bremerton, May 1944; USS Ocelot, 1944; Kwajalein, Jan 1945), as cited in Robert Jr.'s biography
Church 1946 China; Hong Kong

Sterling, born in China, goes back as a missionary

Driven out of China with his missionary parents at the age of five, Christian Hegnauer's grandson returned there as a missionary himself in 1946.
Global Ministries notice of the death of Sterling Whitener (9 Feb 2017), as cited in Sterling's biography
War 1386 Sempach

A Hegnouwer falls at Sempach

The lists of those who fell on the Austrian side at the battle of Sempach in 1386 include a Hans von Hegnow, "der Hegnouwer".

Theodor von Liebenau, Die Schlacht bei Sempach (1886), lists of the fallen, in the study's note on the origin of the name
Office 1388 Aargau (Baden)

Wilhelm Hegnauer collects the Habsburg levy in Aargau

In 1388–89 Wilhelm Hegnauer of Baden collected the Habsburg levy in Aargau, and the tax register he wrote himself survives in print.

Das Habsburgische Urbar, vol. II/2 (1904), and the Gessler documents (1877), in the study's note on the origin of the name
War 1531 Kappel; Hegnau (Volketswil), canton Zürich

Jakob of Hegnau is killed at Kappel, and his family comes down in the world

The Swiss historical lexicon of 1928 says that Jakob, lord of the bailiwick of Hegnau, was killed at Kappel in 1531, and that before 1553 his family left its castle and became farmers.

Dictionnaire historique et biographique de la Suisse, vol. IV (1928), 'Hegnau, von, et Hegnauer', in the study's note on the origin of the name
Death 1736 Volketswil, canton Zürich

The last Hegnauer son of Hegnau's own parish is buried

In April 1736 Volketswil, the parish of the village that gave the name, buried Hans Jacob Hegnauer; its register shows no Hegnauer man there after him.
- Hans Jacob Hegnauer
Volketswil Reformed register (FamilySearch index), in the study's reconstruction of the Volketswil families
Court 1806 Lausanne, Vaud

A Lausanne creditor pursues the fee for Salomon's apprenticeship

About 1806 a Lausanne woman sent a sworn procurator of Zürich after two Hegnauers for the cost of Salomon's apprenticeship.
- Salomon Hegnauer
Notarial act, Lausanne, 1806–07 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription, in French)
Wedding 1808 Igis, Graubünden

Jakob marries Christina Pleisch, three months after his mother's burial

In October 1808 Jakob Hegnauer of Igis married Christina Pleisch of Luzein, probably sixteen; their first child was named for his mother, buried that July.
Igis and Luzein Reformed registers (FamilySearch index), as cited in Christina Pleisch's biography
Death 1828 Amsoldingen, canton Bern

Maria, the Küher's wife, dies of consumption

In November 1828 Maria Hirschi, born Stutzmann, "the wife of Peter the Küher", died of consumption at forty-nine in the parish of Amsoldingen.
- Maria Stutzmann
- Peter Hirschi
Amsoldingen burial register, K Amsoldingen 12, p. 41 (Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern)
Death 1829 Igis, Graubünden

Two of Elisabeth's children are buried in one July week

In July 1829 Elisabeth Riedberger, born Hegnauer, then forty-four, had a daughter baptised, and within the week two of her children were buried.
- Elisabeth Hegnauer
Igis Reformed parish registers (FamilySearch index), as cited in Elisabeth Hegnauer's biography
Wedding 1833 Thun, canton Bern

Christian Hirschi, Küher, marries Magdalena Stocker at Thun

In October 1833 a young dairyman of Reutigen married Magdalena Stocker at Thun, he with his father's consent and she with her guardian's.
- Christian Hirschi Sr.
- Magdalena Stocker
Schangnau marriage register, K Schangnau 13, p. 13 (Staatsarchiv des Kantons Bern)
Farm 1844 Igis, Graubünden

Luzius pledges his house in the Oberdorf

A revision of the Igis mortgage register in 1903 printed a title of 1844: a house in the Oberdorf, on the Untergasse, pledged by Luzius Hegnauer for 300 gulden.
- Luzius Hegnauer
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 23 Jan 1903, p. 44 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Court 1852 Igis, Graubünden

Rudolph's four fatherless children are on the list of wards

Rudolph Hegnauer of Igis died at thirty-three in 1841, ten weeks before his youngest child was born; in 1852 his four children were still wards.
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 2 Jul 1852, pp. 225-226, and 30 Jan 1903, p. 71 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
War 1861 Hunter's Farm, Missouri

John's company brings in four prisoners and four horses

Eight days after John was mustered in at Bird's Point in 1861, his company rode back from Hunter's Farm with four prisoners and four horses.
- Johannes Hegnauer
Official Records, Series I, vol. 3, pp. 197–198, and John's muster-in roll, Bird's Point, 18 Sep 1861 (Fold3 image 215629973), as cited in the research note on the Civil War
War 1862 Hermann, Missouri

Freedom seekers come under the protection of Leonhard's captain

In November 1862 people escaping slavery on Loutre Island came into the lines of the 4th Missouri Infantry and placed themselves under the protection of the captain of Leonhard's company.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
C. C. Manwaring to Gen. Curtis, 26 Nov 1862, quoted by the House Divided Project (2020), as cited in the research note on the Civil War
War 1863 Columbus and Clinton, Tennessee

Corporal John is charged 92 cents for a water bridle

The only remark on John's muster cards for 1863, the year he was made corporal, is the army's bill for a lost water bridle.
- Johannes Hegnauer
John's compiled service record, 4th Missouri Cavalry, card for July–August 1863 (Fold3 image 211860520), in the study's card-by-card transcription
War 1864 St. Louis, Missouri

John's three years end as the veterans ride after Price

In the autumn of 1864 John's re-enlisted comrades went after Price's army, while John, his term served, was sent to St. Louis to be mustered out.
- Johannes Hegnauer
Annual Report of the Adjutant General of Missouri for 1864, p. 170, and John's muster-out cards (Fold3 images 211860512–211860513), as cited in the research note on the Civil War
Farm 1873 Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri

Leonhard appraises a stray pony and a steer

In December 1873 Leonhard helped put a value on two strays taken up by his neighbours in Pleasant Gap township.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Butler Times-Press, 20 Dec 1873, p. 4
Wedding 1873 Newark, New Jersey

Wilhelm the engraver marries at Newark

In 1873 a Swiss engraver married in Newark, New Jersey; by 1880 his family was back in the Swiss watch country.
New Jersey marriage, Newark, 15 Mar 1873 (FamilySearch index; the return read on Ancestry)
Church 1879 near Prairie City, Missouri

Leonhard and Susanna are among the new church's first members

About 1879 the Hegnauers, Hammers and Kamms were among the first members of the German Reformed church near Prairie City.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
- Susanna Katharina Hirschi
Account of the German Reformed church near Prairie City, county history of Bates County, 1883 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Farm 1882 West Point, California

Henry and Otto Mentzel claim the Swiss Boy lode

A Swiss-born miner, Henry Hegnauer, spent more than thirty years in California's gold country.
- Henry Hegnauer
Calaveras County great registers, mining claims and a deed, 1863–1900 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Wedding 1883 Bates County, Missouri

Barbara marries Robert Kamm at home

In March 1883 Luzius's youngest daughter, 'of Papinville', married Robert Kamm before a justice of the peace, at the bride's residence.
- Barbara Hegnauer
- Robert John Kamm
Bates County marriage licence and return, 23 and 28 Mar 1883 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription; the licence read on Ancestry)
Farm 1884 Kansas City, Missouri

John buys a Kansas City lot with thirty-five notes

In 1884 John and Mary bought a lot in W. H. Reed's Addition, Kansas City, for $750, and sold it the next spring.
- Johannes Hegnauer
- Mary
Warranty deeds and abstracts, W. H. Reed's Addition, Kansas City, 1884–1885 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Wedding 1885 Butler, Missouri

Mary marries the boy next door

In the census of 1870 the Hammers were the Hegnauers' nearest neighbours; fifteen years later their eldest boy married the Hegnauers' eldest girl.
- Mary Christina Hegnauer
- Fritz Hammer
1870 U.S. census, Prairie City Township, and the Bates County marriage record, as cited in Mary's biography
Wedding 1886 Butler, Missouri

Christian and Elizabeth marry at Butler, with her father's consent

In 1886 Christian, 35, married his Swiss neighbour Elizabeth Stadler before the probate judge, on the day they took out the licence.
- Christian Hegnauer
- Elizabeth Stadler
Bates County marriage licence record, 25 Mar 1886 (FamilySearch index; the licence read on Ancestry)
Wedding 1886 Bates County, Missouri

Christian, eighteen, marries Anna Wirz

Leonhard Hegnauer's elder son married at eighteen, and his bride, a Swiss-born woman, was nearly eight years older than he; the marriage lasted almost fifty-seven years.
The Bates County marriage record (1886) and Anna's death certificate (1943), as cited in Christian's biography
Business 1889 Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Nutin practises in Chicago

From 1889 to 1895 the Chicago directories list 'Hegnauer Nutin, physician'; a Nutin Hegnauer, 63, died there in 1897.
- Nutt Hegnauer
Chicago city directories, lists of physicians, 1889–1895 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Court 1889 Highland, Illinois

Susanna receives her seventh of her father's estate

When her father's estate was settled in 1889, Susanna was paid her share, and Leonhard paid back with interest the $600 he owed it.
Madison County, Illinois, Probate Court, estate of Christian Hirschi Sr., case file (box 152): will of 3 June 1874 and final account of 13 March 1889
Business 1890 Rockville, Missouri

Leonhard buys into the new Bank of Rockville

In September 1890 a bank was to be set up at Rockville with $10,000 in $100 shares, and "L. Hegnauer" was among its stockholders.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 18 Sep 1890, p. 1 (from the Rockville Post)
War 1890 Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri

Luzius is granted his pension, the last record of his life

The pension Luzius claimed at seventy is the last record of him that the study has found.
- Luzius Hegnauer
Organization index to pension files (NARA T289), Luzius Hegnauer, Co. F, 4th Missouri Infantry: invalid application 831,233, filed 15 Jul 1890, certificate 638,825
Business 1892 Appleton City, Missouri

An old settler buys a Kimball organ

In 1892 the Appleton City music dealers boasted that "L. Hegnauer", one of the oldest settlers of the Pleasant Gap neighbourhood, had bought a fine organ.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 22 Sep 1892, p. 5
Emigration 1892 Rochester, New York

Jacob and Albert become Americans on the same day

On 18 February 1892 the Monroe County Court at Rochester admitted two of the Seengen brothers to citizenship.
Monroe County Court, minor naturalization of Albert Hegnauer and petition index cards, 1892 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Church 1893 Appleton City, Missouri

Leonard graduates from the Academy, and his father comes to watch

At the Appleton City Academy's commencement of 1893, Leonhard's son gave an oration called "The True Spirit", with his father in the audience.
- Leonard Hegnauer
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 1 Jun 1893, p. 3
Emigration 1893 Chicago, Illinois

Leonhard goes to Chicago to take in the fair

In June 1893 the Prairie City news had rain, green corn, and Leonhard off to the fair in Chicago.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
- Leonard Hegnauer
Butler Daily Democrat, 6 Jun 1893, p. 1
Farm 1893 Marion County, Oregon

Christian's road comes before the county court

Soon after moving to Oregon, Christian and his neighbours petitioned Marion County for a road; by 1894 the court was calling it "the C. Hegnauer road".
- Christian Hegnauer
Daily Statesman (Salem), 8 Dec 1893, p. 4
Wedding 1899 Troy, Kansas

Lizzie marries at the Higby House in Troy, Kansas

In October 1899 Martin's daughter Lizzie married Lew W. Johnson, not at home in Bates County but at the Higby House in Troy, Kansas.
- Elizabeth Hegnauer
The Kansas Chief (Troy, Kansas), 19 Oct 1899, p. 8
Office 1900 Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri

Leonard takes the census of his home township

In 1900 Leonhard's son Leonard, a university student of twenty-eight, was appointed census enumerator for his home township.
- Leonard Hegnauer
Butler Daily Democrat, 28 Apr 1900, p. 1
Business 1901 Salem, Oregon

Christian bids for the asylum's firewood

Christian offered to supply 35 cords of first-growth fir to the Oregon insane asylum at Salem in 1901.
- Christian Hegnauer
Oregon Statesman (Salem), 17 Nov 1901, p. 7
Business 1903 Mansfield, Ohio

Christian the printer becomes an editor at Mansfield

The Igis boy apprenticed to a Wisconsin printer in 1873 became a partner in the Courier Publishing Company of Mansfield, Ohio.
- Christian Hegnauer
- Cornelia Conzett
Biographical directory entry for Christian Hegnauer, editor, Ohio, about 1914 (FamilySearch Full-Text; filed as 'Missouri, Stillbirths')
Church 1903 Prairie City and Rich Hill, Missouri

Leonhard hauls the sick pastor's goods to Rich Hill

When the preacher at Prairie City had to give up his work for his health in 1903, Leonhard and Jacob Finklang took his household goods to Rich Hill.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
The Rich Hill Tribune, 16 Apr 1903, p. 3
Emigration 1906 Appleton City, Missouri

Leonhard moves to town so that Robert can attend the Academy

In August 1906 Leonhard left the farm for Appleton City, "temporarily", so that his youngest son could go to the Academy.
Appleton City Journal, 30 Aug 1906, p. 3
Court 1906 Igis, Graubünden

The widow Margreth's creditors are called

In January 1906 the gazette called in the creditors of Margreth Hegnauer-Disch, widow of Luzius's brother Jakob; she had died at Igis the October before.
- Margreth Disch
- Jakob Hegnauer
Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 12 Jan 1906, p. 30, with 25 Aug 1905, p. 558, and 27 Jul 1906, p. 428 (Staatsarchiv Graubünden), in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Wedding 1907 Rockville, Missouri

Clara marries at home, to Mrs. Hirschi's wedding march

Leonhard's granddaughter Clara married Walter Swezy at her parents' home in December 1907, to a wedding march played by Mrs. Adelaide Hirschi.
The Republican Press (Butler), 27 Dec 1907, p. 2 (from the Appleton City Tribune)
Business 1907 Appleton City, Missouri

Leonhard's house is wired for electric light

When Appleton City's new electric-light plant began wiring the town in 1907, Leonhard's house was on the list.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
- Susanna Katharina Hirschi
Appleton City Journal, 28 Nov 1907, p. 8
Business 1907 Rockville, Missouri

The bank has a new building and a burglar-proof safe

In 1907 the Bank of Rockville, with Leonhard as vice-president, had a new building and probably the best burglar-proof safe in Southwest Missouri.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 28 Feb 1907, p. 4
Business 1907 Rockville, Missouri

The Rockville bank keeps cashing cheques

In the money scare of late 1907 the Bank of Rockville went on "cashing checks and extending accommodation to all".
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 21 Nov 1907, p. 6
Weather 1910 Appleton City, Missouri

The Journal asks the old timers about the winter

In January 1910 the Appleton City Journal wanted Leonhard and the other "old timers" to say when there had ever been a winter like it.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 6 Jan 1910, p. 8
War 1911 Appleton City, Missouri

Leonhard joins the old soldiers on Decoration Day

On Decoration Day 1911 Leonhard was among the Union veterans at the service in Appleton City.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 8 Jun 1911, p. 3, as read in the Leonhard harvest's review (§9c, item 13)
Family 1911 Urbana, Illinois

Lotta looks for the students' wives

At Urbana in 1911 the Dames' Club asked every student's wife to send her name to Mrs. Robert L. Hegnauer.
- Lotta Alice Donnell
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
The Daily Illini, 17 Oct 1911, p. 4
Court 1913 Marion Township, Missouri

Sylvester's will: the land for Christina, the horses for their son

Sylvester Krattly left his widow the farm for life and thanked his son for the care he had given his parents.
Jasper County, Missouri, Wills, vol. H, pp. 448–449, as cited in Sylvester Krattly's biography
Emigration 1914 New York to Seengen, Aargau

Jacob and Caroline sail back to Seengen for the summer

In May 1914 a Rochester couple sailed for 'Seengen Kanton Argau', thirty years after Jacob had left it, and came home in October.
- Jacob Rudolph Hegnauer
- Caroline Seip
Holland-America Line register (1914) and New York list of U.S. citizens, SS Noordam, 3 Oct 1914, as abstracted in the study's Ancestry research of 27 Sep 2026
Farm 1915 Bavaria, Texas (as the directory prints it)

Leonard manages a plantation in Texas

Between his years at the University of Illinois and his long career at Pullman, the agronomist Leonard Hegnauer was running a plantation in Texas.
- Leonard Hegnauer
University of Illinois Directory (1916), p. 292, as transcribed in the survey of Robert Lucius Hegnauer's Ancestry records
Family 1916 Rockville, Missouri (rural route)

An all-day quilting, on mush and soup

In February 1916 Mrs. L. Hegnauer gave a quilting that "took all day", and fed her guests everything imaginable while living on mush and soup herself.
- Anna Katherine Yoss
Rockville Booster, 25 Feb 1916, p. 5 ("Route No. One")
Death 1916 Rich Hill, Missouri

Joe Link dies five days short of forty-five

Katie Hegnauer's husband died at Rich Hill in 1916, leaving her with seven children at home.
Appleton City Journal, 28 Sep 1916, p. 1
Emigration 1916 Appleton City, Missouri

Susanna's family comes from Illinois to stay

Susanna's sister Rosina Tontz and other relatives from Illinois came to Appleton City again and again, and in October 1916 they were visiting in the days just before Leonhard's stroke.
Appleton City Journal, 26 Oct 1916, p. 5
Death 1916 Carthage, Missouri

Christina's husband, Sylvester Krattly, dies west of Carthage

The Swiss farmer who married Leonhard's sister Christina in 1869 died on his farm near Carthage in May 1916, and the Hermann paper remembered him too.
- Sylvester Krattly
- Christina Hegnauer
Carthage Evening Press, 15 May 1916, p. 8
Business 1916 Rockville, Missouri

The cashier who saw three presidents out

By 1916 the Bank of Rockville's cashier had outlasted three of its presidents, Leonhard the last of them.
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Butler Daily Democrat, 13 Nov 1916, p. 1 (from the Rockville Booster)
War 1916 Appleton City, Missouri

The old soldiers' farewell to Comrade Hegnauer

His G.A.R. post praised Leonhard's love of "the Stars and Stripes of his adopted country".
- Leonhard Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 9 Nov 1916, p. 8
Family 1917 Prairie City, Missouri

Thirty-five gather at Christian's to see relatives off to the west

In February 1917 thirty-five relatives and guests met at Christian's home near Prairie City in honour of family members soon to leave for the west.
- Christian Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 22 Feb 1917, p. 4
Runaway 1917 Missouri (place not stated)

Leonard's team of mules runs away

In February 1917 the Appleton City Journal reported on its front page that Leonard Hegnauer's team of mules had run away.
- Leonard Samuel Hegnauer
Appleton City Journal, 22 Feb 1917, p. 1, as noted in Leonard Samuel's biography (research notes)
War 1918 Prairie City, Missouri

Lizzie takes charge of the Red Cross sewing

In February 1918 Prairie City's women started their Red Cross work, and Lizzie Hegnauer took the sewing.
- Lizzie K. Hegnauer
Rich Hill Mining Review, 21 Feb 1918, p. 8
Death 1919 Spokane, Nebraska

James Cook is taken home to Nebraska

After James Harrison Cook died at Spokane in 1919, his widow and his mother took his body back to Nebraska for burial.
Nemaha County Republican (Auburn, Nebraska), 13 Nov 1919, p. 3
Emigration 1919 New York, New York

Rudolf of Seengen, a seaman, becomes an American

Born at Seengen in 1881, Rudolf Hegnauer went to sea, was naturalized at New York in 1919 and sailed in American crews for thirty years.
- Rudolf Hegnauer
- Helen Erna Caroline
New York County naturalization records, 1919, Rudolf Hegnauer (FamilySearch index)
Farm 1920 Pleasant Gap Township, Missouri

Katie Link runs the farm for twenty years

Widowed with seven children, a daughter of Leonhard Hegnauer kept the family farm in Pleasant Gap Township going through the 1920s and the Depression.
- Katherine Susanna Hegnauer
- Joseph M. Link
U.S. censuses of 1920, 1930 and 1940, Pleasant Gap Township, as cited in Katie's biography
Family 1922 Wells, Minnesota

Lucius entertains the first grade

In 1922 the Wells school notes recorded a birthday party given by six-year-old Lucius Hegnauer.
The Forum-Advocate, 2 Feb 1922, p. 8
Death 1923 Rich Hill, Missouri

Barbara Kamm dies of influenza near Rich Hill

Barbara, the youngest of Luzius's children and the only one born in America, died of influenza in January 1923.
- Barbara Hegnauer
- Robert John Kamm
Rich Hill Mining Review, 11 Jan 1923, p. 5
Emigration 1923 Delaware County, Washington

The Wilsons leave the Ozark farms for the Grays Harbor mills

About 1923 James and Lucy Wilson made the longest move of their lives, from the farms of the Missouri–Oklahoma border to the sawmill towns of the Washington coast.
- James Israel Wilson
- Lucy M. Harris
Censuses of 1910-1930 and the death certificates of James and Lucy Wilson, as cited in James's biography
Emigration 1924 Igis, Graubünden; London

Adolf Georg gives up his Igis citizenship

Adolf Georg Hegnauer, born at St. Gallen and married in London in 1919, renounced his citizenship of Igis in 1924.
- Adolf Georg Hegnauer
Bürgergemeinde Landquart, 'Die Igiser Bürgergeschlechter', and the Amtsblatt des Kantons Graubünden, 7 Nov 1902, p. 637, in the study's report on the Graubünden gazette
Emigration 1932 Joliet, Illinois

Widowed in the Depression, Margaret keeps the family going

Left with six children when her husband died in 1932, Margaret Worek washed dishes, kept her house, and after thirty-three years as an alien became an American citizen.
1940 U.S. census and the naturalization index card of Malgozata Worek, as cited in Margaret's biography
Death 1934 Carthage, Missouri

Christina dies at Krattley Crossing

Christina Krattley, born a Hegnauer in Switzerland in 1845, died at her home near Carthage in 1934.
- Christina Hegnauer
- Sylvester Krattly
Carthage Evening Press, 8 Jan 1934
Death 1936 Columbia, Minnesota

The Rev. George Donnell dies at his sister's home in Tennessee

A Presbyterian minister whose family had followed his pastorates from Indiana to Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin died in 1936, far from his Minneapolis home.
The Minneapolis Star, 22 Jul 1936, p. 7 ("Rev. Donnell's Rites Thursday"), as cited in George's biography
Death 1937 West Dolan Township, Arkansas

Ella is carried home to lie beside Lige

Ella outlived Lige by twenty-four years and married again, but when she died in 1937, far to the north in Cass County, Missouri, she was taken back to be buried beside him.
Missouri death certificate of Sarah Ellen Phillips (1937), as cited in Ella's biography
Death 1937 Aberdeen, Washington

Roy Wilson, delicate from childhood, dies at sixteen

The youngest of James and Lucy Wilson's ten children had a chronic lung disease from early childhood, and in February 1937 bronchopneumonia ended his life at sixteen.
Washington death certificate of Roy Kenneth Wilson (1937), as cited in Roy's biography
War 1942 Tacoma, Washington

Woodrow goes from the chair factory to an ordnance company

In 1942 a Grays Harbor chair-factory hand went into the Army and served for three years as a private in an ordnance evacuation company.
- Woodrow Elgia Wilson
WWII Army enlistment record and his military headstone application, as cited in Woodrow's biography
Death 1943 Rockville, Missouri

Anna dies at home in Rockville after years of heart trouble

Anna Wirz, sixty-three years a resident of the Rockville community, died at home in August 1943.
Missouri death certificate no. 27614, Anna Hegnauer, Bates County, 20 Aug 1943
Emigration 1944 Tacoma, Washington

Lotta goes west to Tacoma

At fifty-four Lotta Hegnauer left Minneapolis for Tacoma, where she spent the rest of her working life in social work.
- Lotta Alice Donnell
Tacoma directories (1945-1956), the 1950 census and her obituary (News Tribune, 5 Apr 1973), as cited in Lotta's biography
Emigration 1946 Longview and Carrolls, Washington

Robert Jr. takes his family west to the Longview paper mills

After the war the Navy machinist's mate moved his family from Minneapolis to the lumber and paper towns of southwestern Washington.
Kelso-Longview directories (1948-1960) and the 1950 census, as cited in Robert Jr.'s biography
Death 1948 Newark, New Jersey

James, a Swiss citizen, dies suddenly in a Newark factory

Born in the Swiss watch country in 1880, James Ernest Hegnauer lived in Nebraska, Washington and San Francisco before his death at Newark.
- James Ernest Hegnauer
- Wilhelm (William Nicolas) Hegnauer
Woodland Cemetery, Newark, records index, entries of 1925 and 1948 (FamilySearch Full-Text, machine transcription)
Business 1950 Alturas, California

At sixty-nine, Arthur Curtis runs a laundry in Alturas

Arthur Curtis had farmed in Iowa and worked for the W.P.A. in Minnesota; in 1950, at sixty-nine, he was superintendent of a laundry in the far northeast of California.
- Arthur Garfield Curtis
- Hazel Lucile Cook
1950 U.S. census, Alturas, Modoc County, as cited in Arthur's biography
Death 1957 Butler, Missouri

Christian dies at ninety, after 75 years in Bates County

Leonhard's son Christian, who kept the old home place, died at Butler in 1957.
Appleton City Journal, 12 Sep 1957
Office 1969 Banning, California

Banning buries its city treasurer

Robert Hegnauer was still Banning's city treasurer when he died at eighty-two, eleven months after his wife.
- Robert Lucius Hegnauer
- Blanche Estelle Isherwood
Record-Gazette (Banning), 16 Dec 1969, p. 1