[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Hegele Surname

[Jan Textor]

Iris,

Max Miller's book "Die Auswanderung der Wuerttemberger nach Westpreussen und
dem Netzegau 1776-1786" mentions a certain Ludw. Hegele amongst a number of
emigrants from Baden-Durlach.  Especially interesting is a note by a Pastor
Herrmann of Sulzfeld near Eppingen saying that the name Hegele (as well as
some other names) could be found in the church books of his parish.

You mentioned that Rosine Meyer, the wife of Xavier Hegele, was born in
Ochsenburg.  Considering the fact that Ochsenburg (the one near Brackenheim)
is located only 5.2 kilometers SW of the abovementioned Sulzfeld, I would
think that the church books of Sulzfeld might be worth examining.

It is interesting that the town Lwowek (originally Leonberg) was founded by
Swabian settlers, many of whom were members of the Moravian Church
(Herrnhuter Bruedergemeine), a Protestant communion closely linked to
Lutheranism, because the Moravian Church also had a certain number of
followers in the vicinity of Sulzfeld.  There were also close links between
Lwowek (Leonberg) and Nowosolna (Neu-Sulzfeld) near Lodz in Poland.

By the way, you say that Xavier named his son Francipek.  However, my guess
would be that the correct spelling is Franciszek, and the German version of
the name would be Franz.

I hope this will be helpful.
Jan Textor, Denmark

                    I am not young enough to know everything. (Oscar Wilde)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: IkKiing
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:32 AM
> To: ger-poland-volhynia at eclipse.sggee.org
> Subject: [Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Hegele Surname
>
>
> I have been searching for my Hegele (Hagele/Hegel) surname for many years.
> I have a problem finding the birth/marriage/death record of Xavier Hegele.
> First known records found of Xavier's name mentioned was the birth of son
> Francipek from Grojec/Warka Catholic microfilm in 1808; the family was
> living in Stara Warka.  Wife/mother was listed as Rozyna Meyer.
> I followed
> Rozyna's birth in 1777 in Wuerttemburg/Ochsenburg microfilms.  She left
> Ochsenburg ~1800 for Russian Poland; Rozyna died in 1832 in Lwowek (near
> Gabin); they were Evangelicals.
> Francipek took the given name of his father, Xavier, as noted on his
> mother's death (Rozyna) in 1832; on the birth record of his son, Josef in
> 1935; his sister's marriage record of 1936; on his death record of 1851.
> Does anyone know why a son would begin using his father's given name?  The
> age listed on the above records coincides with Francipek's birth year.
>
> A mention is made of Ferdinand Heegle (along with Xawer in the
> "Altpreussische Geschlechterkunde", S. Prussia (T. Stangl), coming to the
> Dorf Stara Warka from Wurttemberg (probably) in 1802-06.
> I'm stumped - can anyone offer any guidance in locating the
> birth/marriage/death records of Xavier Hegele?  Thank you.
> Iris King