This Week's Article From the Beech Grove
The Hagenbuch family tree is full of interesting characters—one of whom is William Louis Hagenbaugh (b. 1878, d. 1943). Several articles have been written about how William’s family migrated to northern California in the...
We went to my wife Linda’s 50th High School reunion at Greencastle, Pennsylvania a few weeks ago. Greencastle has a different way of scheduling their school reunions. The reunions coincide with the town’s Old...
During the summer of 2018, I stumbled upon a Hagenbuch that my father didn’t have in his records: William Cephis Hagenbuch. A quick search of Ancestry.com showed that William lived in Espy, Columbia County,...
A ship at sea is its own world. To be the captain of a ship is to be the unquestioned ruler of that world and requires all of the leadership skills of a prince...
With some regularity, my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I stumble upon new information or other corrections to our articles. Sometimes these are substantial enough to warrant writing an entirely new piece. However, more often...
Andreas and his wife Magdalena left Plymouth, England aboard the ship, Charming Nancy, on July 17, 1737. We are not sure how long it took them to arrive in Plymouth from their home north...
As my father, Mark Hagenbuch, and I continue to work on Hagenbuch.org, we often return to earlier articles and fill in pieces of information that were previously unknown. Recently, one such piece of information...
In part two, the final part in this series, we continue to follow the stories of Solomon, Samuel, and Henry W. Hagenbuch. Click here to view part one. Solomon and his cousin Henry W....
In 1771, Henry Hagenbuch (b. 1737, d. 1805), purchased a lot 60 feet wide by 230 feet deep at the corner of James and Hamilton Streets within the newly formed city of Northampton Town,...
There are many Hagenbuch family lines yet to be explored and shared with our readers. Recently, we received a message from Tom Myrick of Virginia. It seems that Tom’s great aunt and great uncle...