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EGLI / EGLE / (AGLA?) – Hochdorf (Benzhausen)

Summary of Research 5/2018 – Duane L Egle, dlegle@hotmail.com

 May 15, 2018 Edition

NOTE: Hochdorf is a small community located north of Freiburg, Germany (southern Germany east of Breisach on the Rhine).  Catholic church records at nearby Hugstetten began in 1708 and included Buchheim, Hochdorf & Benzhausen until 1791.  After 1791 a separate Catholic parish, Hochdorf, was formed, which included Benzhausen (where Egli/Eggli/Egle below lived).   Neuershausen is a short distance to the northwest and Holzhausen north of Benzhausen. 

Duplicate church books are now available online in Germany at many locations from 1810 forward.  For records prior to 1800 the LDS films are the best source, but they must be viewed at LDS (Mormon) FHC (Family History Centers) located in many LDS churches.   LDS has digitized most of their microfilms, so they can be viewed on FHC computers at no charge.  Images can be saved to a flash drive.  Sources below are listed as (#Image number, #Film number).

Hugstetten parish: (LDS film #871363, #871364, #871365 & #871366).   

Hochdorf parish: (LDS films #996366,  #996367 & #1237872

Neuershausen parish: (LDS films #871392, #871393 & #871394)

 

E0      ?  EGLI  - Likely Swiss, since early records at Hochdorf spelling is Egli, Eggli, later Eggle, Egle.  Swiss often ended surnames with an “i”.

E1      ANTONI(US) EGLI (b. before 1700? – d. 26 Jan 1741) Married twice, fathered seven children.  Mathias (E2) & Michael later married.

Antoni(us) Egli first appears as the father on a 1719 birth record, with no marriage record found (1708 to 1719).  This “may” indicate he was married elsewhere and moved to this location.  He died in 1741, with no age or parents listed.  Since he was likely 20+ years old when he married (before 1719), he was likely born @ 1668 or earlier.  Both wives below are in his 1741 death record and a 1738 “Confirmation” record for (E2) Mathias & Michael. (#659, #871364)

The mother indicated on the birth record for Mathias (b. 1732) was Maria “Fischer”, but a confirmation record indicates it was Maria “Heim(in)”, who died in 1734.  No other Antonius Egli married to a Maria Fischer appear in the records.    

 

Married MARIA HEIM(IN)  (b. ? – d. 1734) before 1719.

          b. 1719, 4 June      Franciscus Antonius Benzhausen      (# 406, #871364)

          b. 1722, Jan           Maria                    Benzhausen           (#412, #871364)

          b. 1725, 29 Dec     Sebastian              Hochdorf               (#422, #871364)

          b. 1731, 18 Jan      Ignatius (died)      Benzhausen           (#434, #871364)

(E2)   b. 1732, 19 Feb      Mathias (D1784)  Benzhausen           (#437, #871364)

          Marie Heim(in), 1^st wife, d. 1734, 10 Feb                          (#557, #871364)

 

          Married MARIA  SCHOEPFER on 1735, 12 Feb          (#623, #871364)

          b. 1736, 16 Sept     Johannes Michael  (D1793) Benzh.   (#448, #871364)

 

Antonius Egli (father) died 1741, 26 Jan, at Benzhausen, before the birth of his last son, Josephus. Both wives named in death record.          (#562, #871364)

 

          b. 1741, 10 Mar     Josephus (died) at Benzhausen           (#456, #871364)

         

E2      MATHIAS EGGLI/EGGLE (1732-1784) Married twice, 13 children.

 

Married CATHARINA WINTERHALDER (? – d. 1771), on 20 May 1753 (#640, 871364), with eight children born, including Martin (E3).

 

b. 1754, 27 June     Paulus (Died)        Benzhausen           (#479, #871364)

b. 1756, 2 Feb        Blasius (Died)       Benzhausen           (#483, #871364)

b. 1757, 27 Oct      Antonius (Died)    Benzhausen           (#488, #871364)

(E3)   b. 1759, 29 Oct      Martinus               Benzhausen           (#492, #871364)

          b. 1761, 25 June    Maria Anna(Died)Benzhausen           (#496, #871364)

          b. 1762, 5 Dec       Christian (Died)   Benzhausen           (#500, #871364)

          b. 1766, 9 Feb        Mathias (Died)     Benzhausen           (#508, #871364)

          b. 1769, 30 Oct      Catharina (Died)  Benzhausen           (#525, #871364)

 

          Catharina Winterhalder d. 5 Jan 1771  Benzhausen           (#589, #871364)

 

          Married BARB MUELLER on 11 Feb 1771                  (#250. #871365)

 

(*)      b. 1771, 5 Dec       Johannes              Benzhausen           (#10, #871365)

          b. 1774, 5 Oct        Catharina             Benzhausen           (#17, #871365)

          b. 1776, 22 July     Jacobus (D1792)  Benzhausen           (#21, #871365)

          b. 1777, 25 Dec     Johannes Chr (D) Benzhausen           (#26, #871365)

          b. 1782, 12 Aug     Francisca (D1784)Benzhausen           (#41, #871365)

 

          Mathias Egle d. 1784, 27 June, age 52 in house #99          (#187, #871365)

 

(*)      Grandfather of Michael Egle, b. 1831, likely 1854 emigrant from Hochdorf. 

E3      MARTIN EGLE (b. 1759 – d. ? )

 

          Martin Egle, age 25, married MARIA ANNA FISCHER (1764-1802), age 20, on 13 Aug, 1784, at Benzhausen, house #99. (#250, 871365).  They had seven children, one of whom was Johannes (E4).   

          b. 1785, 24 Aug     Maria Eva              Benzhausen           (#48, #871365)

(E4)   b. 1788, 12 May     Johannes              Benzhausen           (#52, #871365)

          b. 1790, 4 Sept       Maria                    Benzhausen           (#57, #871365)

          b. 1793, 1 May       Jacob (Died)         Benzhausen           (#41, #996366)

          b. 1798, 23 Oct      Martin (D1809)    Benzhausen           (#59, #996366)

          b. 1802, 29 Apr     Jacob (Died)          Benzhausen           (#80, #996366)

Maria Anna Fischer/Egle died in 1802,14 May, age 34, house #98, from hemorrhaging after giving birth. Infant Jacob died June 9^th. (#24, #996367)

No death record found for her husband, Martin, yet.

 

E4      JOHANNES (JOHANN) EGLE (b. 1788)

 

On June 12, 1812, Johann Baptist Egle (b. 1788), son of Martin Egle and Maria Anna Fischer, married THERESIA WINTERHALTER (b. 1792, 23 July), daughter of George Winterhalter and Juliana Messmer. (#63, #1237872) Middle name “Baptist” only found on Johann’s marriage record. The following birth / death records have been found at Hochdorf, with no death records for Johann, Theresa, daughters Sophia and Katharina, and son, Martin found prior to 1828.  

 

          b. 1813, 5 Apr       Johann George                                     (#29, #1237872)

                                                  d. 11 Sept 1820                         (#176, #1237872)

          b. 1815, 13 Feb      Magdalena                                           (#43, #1237872)

                                                  d. 1819, 13 Aug (Epidem)         (#167, 1237872)

          b. 1816, 28 Nov     Theresia                                               (#122, #1237872)

                                                  d. 1816, 11 Dec                         (#126, #1237872)

          b. 1818, 14 Oct      Gallius                                                 (#140, #1237872)

                                                  d. 1819, 15 Aug (Epidem)         (167, #1237872)

          b. 1820, 14 May    Sophia                                                 (#173, #1237872)

                                                  (No death record at Hochdorf found yet)   

          b. 1822, 22 Apr      Johann George                                     (#190, #1237872)

                                                  d. 1826, 14 Feb (Epidem)          (#252, #1237872)

          b. 1825, 16 Mar    Katharina                                           (#227, #1237872)

                                                  (No death record at Hochdorf found yet)

          b. 1826, 1 Oct       Martin                                               (#224-5, #1237872)

                                                  (No death record at Hochdorf found yet)

 Emigration in 1828?

 

          A record exists in the archive at Frieburg giving permission for a Johann Egle to emigrate in 1828.  Since the birth/death records stop in 1826 and no death records have been found for the father, mother and two daughters (Sophia & Katharina), and one son (Martin) the emigration record likely fits E4, Johann Egle.

 

Johann Agla Family – July/August, 1828, Canada

 

A Johannes Ezra Agla and wife, Esmeralda Theresa Winterhalter arrived in Canada in July/August of 1828 with two daughters, Sophia and Katharina.  Family legend indicates they buried a son at sea named George (?Martin b. 1826?).  They later had a son born in Canada in1829 name Martin.  This fits the frequent custom of naming the next born son after the last who died.  (Note:  Since they buried two sons named Johann George at Hochdorf and Martin was born after the death of the second, there is a possibility they referred to Martin (b. 1826) as Martin George, thus reconciling the death of “George” at sea, and no Martin when they arrived in Canada,…speculation!).  Only a ship list would resolve the question. 

 

 Family legend also indicates Johannes changed his name to “Agla”.  This family fits the profile of E4 at Hochdorf, even though “Ezra”, “Elsmeralda” and “Agla” do not appear in the records at Hochdorf.  It appears this is a “slam dunk”!   

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Other Immigration Records from Hochdorf to North America:

 

 1854, Feb – Michael Egle, unmarried, from Hochdorf, planned to emigrate to North America. This is likely a Michael Egle, b. 1831, 11 Sept, son of Mathias Egle (b. 1779, 20 Feb), who married 1823, 7 April, to Maria Vogt (b. 1802, 1 July)

Mathias Egle (b.1779), was the son of Johannes Egle (b. 1771) of Benzhausen, married to Maria Mezger. This Johannes Egle (*) was the son of E2 Mathias Eggle and his second wife, Barb Mueller.

 

Other Egli/Eggli at Hochdorf 1708 – 1743.

 

May hold clues to finding a link to parents of Antonius Egli (E1).

 

1.    Josephus Egli – 1708 Wittness on a birth record. Birth of a son, Franciscus on 3 Jan 1710, wife Barb Obrieter, witness Helena Heimb.  Barb Obrieter died 1712, 23 July.  Josephus remarried Catharina Koeppfer / Koepfer1712, 23 Nov.  Birth of son, Johannes, on 16 June,1713.  Death of Josephus Egli on 20 Mar 1720.  Death record appears to indicate a “protection fee” was required, which would suggest he was not a citizen of Hochdorf.  Likely of Swiss origin.  Heim was the surname of Antoni Egli’s first wife.

 

2.    Barbara Eggler/Eggli –  In 1709 Johann Jacob Inglighofer of Heitersheim (?) married widow Barbara Egglerin of ?Neuerhausen?. Witness Franz Heinrich Eggli.  (Likely Neuershausen is just NW of Buchheim, Hugstetten, Benzhausen and Holzhausen)   Link to films starting in 1679: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120911?availability=Family%20History%20Library

 

3.    Observation:  Both Josephus Egli and Antoni Egli named the first son of record “Franciscus”, which may suggest an ancestor name (father?) if they were brothers.  The witness to Barbara Eggli’s marriage was a “Franz (Franziscus) Heinrich Eggli” (Father? Brother?)

 

4.    Anna Maria Egli – Anna Marie Egli of Benzhausen, in Oct 1711 married Michael Binninger of Holzhausen.  In Benzhausen gave birth to a daughter, Catharina, 9 Oct 1719.  Wittness Catharina Schoepfer.   An Anna Maria Egler of Benzhausen died 9 Nov 1735 (No detail) Schoepfer was the surname of Antoni Egli’s second wife.

 

5.    Agatha Egler – Death record on 23 Feb 1721, husband of Franciscus Mezger.

 

6.    Anna Egli – On 22 June 1743, sincere widower Wilhelm Voger, butcher and citizen of Buchen, contracts marriage with maiden Anna Eglin, legitim daughter of honorable parents and citizens of Glarus municipality in Switzerland, of Calvinist denomination (Reformed Church), Mr. Friedrich Egli, Lieutenant of the Swiss Legion (#?) and Margaret Dürstein.

 

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