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    Person Info
  • Name: Hans Jakob GRAF
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Jun 1623 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland b
  • Baptism: 15 Jun 1623 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland c
  • Death: Before 1683 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans GRAF Birth: Before 1590 Death: Abt 1630 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Mother:
  • Elsbeth PETER Birth: Abt 1588 in Aaruti, Fischenthal Death: Abt 1637

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Regula GRAF Birth: 7 Dec 1645 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland
  2. Elisabeth GRAF Birth: 14 Feb 1647 in Baretswil, Zurich, Switzerland

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Bear Saga - Albis to America, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Oct 1986. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  3. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol II. Provo, UT: author, 1997. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
bp 15 Jun 1623 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p15, Davis Emigrants v2p173],
parents:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p15, Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
15 Jun 1623 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p15],
place:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p15]
Sources for death Information
date:
by 1683 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15, Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elisabeth PFENNINGER
date:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Best SwissOrigins p15],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Albis p24, Davis Emigrants v2p173]
Research Notes:
Anabaptist and citizen of Sinsheim [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]

1633: age 10 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]

1634 & 1637: lived with mother [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]

1646: lived with brother's family in Bettswil [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]

1649: lived in Bettswil with wife and two children [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]

1651: emigrated to Palatinate with wife and one child [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p15]



Pedigree of Hans Jakob GRAF
 /-----Hans GRAF
Hans Jakob GRAF
 \-----Elsbeth PETER



Descendants of Hans Jakob GRAF
1. Hans Jakob GRAF m. Elisabeth PFENNINGER
m. Elisabeth PFENNINGER father: Rudolf PFENNINGER mother: Elsbeth SCHURPPIN