..2 Maria Margaretha* Roth 1685 -

........+Hans Martin* Schneider 1678 - 1748

......3 Heinrich* Schneider 1705/06 - 1783

............+Maria Catharina* Brubach 1707 - 1740

...........4 Maria Elisabeth* Schneider 1739/40 - 1793

................+Johann Ulrich* Rucklos 1737 - 1799

...............5 Maria Elisabeth* Rucklos 1779 - 1852

.....................+Johann Michael* Jung 1776 - 1851

...................6 Johann Michael* Jung 1802 - 1879

.........................+Catharina Barbara* Brubach 1801 - 1890

........................7 Frederick Young 1830 - 1912

..............................+Eva Pfeiffer 1840 - 1919

............................8 Louisa Young 1863 - 1913

..................................+August Herman Frank 1854 - 1916

.................................9 William Edward Young 1881 - 1970

......................................+Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge 1888 - 1956

.....................................10 Audra Lavada Young 1907 - 1990

............................*1st Husband of Louisa Young:

In our visit with the Schneider family above, we met Maria Margaretha Roth (abt 1685 - ?) as the wife of Hans Martin* Schneider (1678 - 1748) and the mother of Heinrich* Schnieder (January 31,1705/06 - October 6, 1783).

Heinrich Roth

children: Maria Margaretha Roth (1685 - ?)

Sebastian Roth

Heinrich Roth was a teacher and a Swiss native who died near Bad Bergzabern by 1715. We do not know the name of his wife but the couple had at least 2 children, one of whom was our ancestor, Maria Margaretha Roth (1685 - ). The second child was Sebastian Roth.

Maria Margaretha Roth (abt 1685 - ?)

father: Heinrich Roth

husband: Hans Martin* Schneider (December 13, 1678 - 1748) married 1705

children: @ Heinrich* Schneider (January 31, 1705/06 - October 6, 1783)

Margaret* Schneider (March 25, 1708 - bef 1716)

Johannes* Schneider (October 5, 1710 - ?)

Johann Jacob* Schneider (April 3, 1712 - ?)

Catharine Elisabeth* Schneider (March 17, 1714/15 - 1720)

Marie Margareth* Schneider (September 17, 1716 - September 17, 1716)

Marie Margaret* Schneider (1718 - ?)

Marie Elisabeth* Schneider (March 5, 1719/20 - ?)

Martin* Schneider (1722 - ?)

Friedrich George* Schneider (1724 - ?)

Sybilla* Marie Schneider (April 7, 1728 - December 14, 1796)

Maria Margaretha Roth (abt 1685 - ?) married Hans Martin* Schneider (1678 - 1748) in 1705. The couple had 11 children, one of whom was Heinrich* Schneider (1705/06 - 1783). Hans Martin* Schneider was Mayor of Rumbach in 1718. In 1711 Hans Martin* and his wife, Maria Margaretha Roth (abt 1685 - ?), took over his father's Rumbach residence.

..2 Hennen Cuntz 1450 - 1522

........+N.N. ?

......3 Cuntz Cuntz 1490 - 1560

...........4 Hans Cuntz 1530 - 1603

................+N.N. (1538) Schied 1538 -

...............5 Valentine* Cuntz 1560 - 1630

.....................+N.N. (1567) Winter 1567 - 1637/38

...................6 Hans Cuntz 1609 - 1686

.........................+Catharine* (1620)? 1620 - 1677

........................7 Apollonia Cuntz 1650 -

..............................+Hans Valentine* Schneider 1649 - 1711

............................8 Johannes* Schneider 1675/76 - 1730

..................................+Magdalena* Hauswirth 1676 - 1758

.................................9 Anna Maria* Schneider 1709/10 - 1774

......................................+Johann Heinrich Schaefer 1702 - 1772

.....................................10 Adam Schaefer 1747 - 1774

...........................................+Catharina Barbara* Bintz 1746/47 - 1817

.........................................11 Maria Elisabetha Schaefer 1773 - 1803

...............................................+Johann Jakob* Brubach 1776 - 1855

..............................................12 Catharina Barbara* Brubach 1801 - 1890

...................................................+Johann Michael* Jung 1802 - 1879

..................................................13 Frederick Young 1830 - 1912

........................................................+Eva Pfeiffer 1840 - 1919

......................................................14 Louisa Young 1863 - 1913

............................................................+August Herman Frank 1854 - 1916

...........................................................15 William Edward Young 1881 - 1970

.................................................................+Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge 1888 - 1956

...............................................................16 Audra Lavada Young 1907 - 1990

......................................................*1st Husband of Louisa Young:

............................8 Hans Martin* Schneider 1678 - 1748

..................................+Maria Margaretha* Roth 1685 -

.................................9 Heinrich* Schneider 1705/06 - 1783

......................................+Maria Catharina* Brubach 1707 - 1740

.....................................10 Maria Elisabeth* Schneider 1739/40 - 1793

...........................................+Johann Ulrich* Rucklos 1737 - 1799

.........................................11 Maria Elisabeth* Rucklos 1779 - 1852

...............................................+Johann Michael* Jung 1776 - 1851

..............................................12 Johann Michael* Jung 1802 - 1879

...................................................+Catharina Barbara* Brubach 1801 - 1890

............................8 Anna Barbara* Schneider 1688 - 1755

..................................+Abraham Brubach 1686 - 1748

.................................9 Johann Jakob Brubach 1722 - 1795

.................................*2nd Wife of Johann Jakob Brubach:

......................................+Catharina Neuhart 1725 - 1760

.....................................10 David Brubach 1748 - 1805

...........................................+Maria Catharina* Gressen 1752 -

.........................................11 David Brubach 1775 - 1834

...............................................+Catharina Barbara Hunsicker 1779 - 1819

..............................................12 David Brubach 1805 - 1880

...................................................+Philippina Bertram 1806 - 1884

..................................................13 Carolina Brubach 1830 - 1912

........................................................+Oscar Frank 1825 - 1890

......................................................14 August Herman Frank 1854 - 1916

............................................................+Louisa Young 1863 - 1913

......................................................*1st Wife of August Herman Frank:

.....................................*2nd Wife of David Brubach:

...........................................+Catharina Barbara Hunsicker 1779 - 1819

.....................................10 Maria Catharina Brubach 1755 - 1816

.....................................*2nd Husband of Maria Catharina Brubach:

...........................................+Johann Jakob* Brubach 1751 - 1778

.........................................11 Johann Jakob* Brubach 1776 - 1855

...............................................+Maria Elisabetha Schaefer 1773 - 1803

.........................................*2nd Wife of Johann Jakob* Brubach:

.....................................*3rd Husband of Maria Catharina Brubach:

...........*2nd Wife of Hans Cuntz:

The Cuntz families were well represented in the record books for Rumbach and surrounding areas for over 300 years. Most of them worked as animal fur trappers, foresters, wildlife warden, fisher, and such. This meant that the family was solidly connected with the rulers of the area, a status that is supported by the fact that on at least one occasion, one of the families was married in the Flickenstein Castle at Lembach, Germany. Our ancestry of Cuntz families covers a period of over 270 years beginning with Hans Cuntz who was born about 1415 and lived in Bruchweiler, Germany.

Hans* Cuntz (abt 1415 - 1488)

children: @ Hennen Cuntz (1450 - abt 1522)

We know of Hans* Cuntz (abt 1415 - 1488) only as the parent of Hennen Cuntz (1450 - abt 1522). It is likely that he lived in Cleeburg/Alsace at least part of his life since that is where his children were born.

Hennen Cuntz (1450 - abt 1522) Born in Cleeburg/Alsace and died in Bruchweiler, Germany

father: Hans* Cuntz (abt 1415 - 1488)

children: Bernbach Cuntz (1480 - aft. 1548)

@ Cuntz Cuntz (1490 - 1560)

Hennen Cuntz moved to Bruchweiler about 1470 where he married in 1472. We do not know who he married, however. The couple had two known children, Bernbach and Cuntz Cuntz.

Cuntz Cuntz (1490 - 1560) Born in Bruchweiler, Germany; died in Rumbach, Germany

father: Hennen Cuntz (1450 - abt 1522)

children: Hans Cuntz (1530 - 1603)

The records appear to indicate that Cuntz Cuntz had the same given name as his surname. Although we might speculate that this simply reflected that he was called primarily by his last name, the records would indicate otherwise. So we will use the name Cuntz Cuntz that appears in the records.

Our ancestor, Cuntz Cuntz, father of Hans Cuntz (1530 - 1603), was the forester of Wegelnburg. He spent a preponderance of his forestry career in Rumbach where he died. He married about 1516 but we do not know to whom. His only known child was Hans Cuntz (1530 - 1603).

Hans Cuntz (1530 - 1603)

father: Cuntz Cuntz (1490 - 1560)

wife: N.N. (1538) Schied (abt 1538 - ?) married about 1538

children: @ Valentine* Cuntz (1560 - 1630)

Nicolaus Cuntz (1570 - 1640)

Theobald Cuntz (1572 - ?)

Wendell Cuntz (1575 - 1650)

Hans Cuntz, son of Cuntz Cuntz (1490 - 1560), was formally trained at the Ducal Forestry School in Heidelberg, Germany from which he graduated in 1559. He returned home to be married in 1538. The couple had 4 known sons.

Valentine* Cuntz (1560 - 1630)

father: Valentine* Cuntz (1560 - 1630)

mother: N.N. (1538) Schied (abt 1538 - ?)

wife: N.N. (1567) Winter (abt 1567 - March 18, 1637/38) married 1589

children: Siegfried Cuntz (abt 1590 - bef. 1641)

Marcus Cuntz (1603 - 1677)

Balthasar Cuntz (1606 - 1674)

@ Hans Cuntz (1609 - 1686)

Valentine* Cuntz was the governmental Otter-trapper with headquarters in Bruchweiler. Valentine* Cuntz mother, N.N. (1538) Schied (abt 1538 - ?), was the daughter of Hans Schied and Vernea ?.

Hans Cuntz (1609 - 1686)

wife: Catharine* (1620)? (abt 1620 - 1677) married before 1672

children: Apollonia Cuntz (abt 1650 - ?)

Hans Cuntz (1609 - 1686) and his wife, Catharine* (1620)? (abt 1620 - 1677), were the parents of Apollonia Cuntz (abt 1650 - ?), the wife of Valentine Schneider. Catharine* (1620)? (abt 1620 - 1677) was the third wife of Hans Cuntz.

Apollonia Cuntz (abt 1650 - ?)

father: Hans Cuntz (1609 - 1686)

mother: Catharine* (1620)? (1620 - 1677)

husband: Hans Valentine* Schneider (abt 1649 - aft 1711)

children: Hans Jacob* Schneider (August 31, 1673 - ?)

@ Johannes* Schneider (January 9, 1675/76 - bef 1730)

@ Hans Martin* Schneider (December 13, 1678 - 1748)

Hans Philipp* Schneider (December 27, 1680 - ?)

Catharine Dorothea* Schneider (September 28, 1683 - ?)

Eva Catharine* Schneider (October 27, 1685 - September 14, 1767)

@ Anna Barbara* Schneider (September 17, 1688 - 1755)

Apollonia Cuntz (abt 1650 - ?), wife of Hans Valentine* Schneider (abt 1649 - aft 1711), was the daughter of Hans Cuntz (1609 - 1686) and Catharine* (1620)? (abt 1620 - 1677).

Of the seven children of Valentine and Apollonia Cuntz Schneider, three are particularly important people in our ancestral tree because they are in our direct line of descendent. One is our ancestor, Hans Martin* Schneider (December 13, 1678 - 1748). A second ancestral Schneider in the Valentine* Schneider family is Anna Barbara* Schneider (September 17, 1688 - 1755). A third is Johannes* Schneider (January 9, 1675/76 - bef 1730).

...+Anna (1532)? 1532 -

..2 Peter Hauswirth 1572/73 - 1612

..*2nd Wife of Peter Hauswirth:

..*3rd Wife of Peter Hauswirth:

........+Christina Kropfli 1579 -

......3 Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth 1612/13 -

......*2nd Wife of Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth:

............+Margaret Wuersten 1613/14 -

...........4 Peter* Hauswirth 1642 - 1715/16

................+Barbara* Hauswirth 1644 - 1710

...............5 Magdalena* Hauswirth 1676 - 1758

.....................+Johannes* Schneider 1675/76 - 1730

...................6 Anna Maria* Schneider 1709/10 - 1774

.........................+Johann Heinrich Schaefer 1702 - 1772

........................7 Adam Schaefer 1747 - 1774

..............................+Catharina Barbara* Bintz 1746/47 - 1817

............................8 Maria Elisabetha Schaefer 1773 - 1803

..................................+Johann Jakob* Brubach 1776 - 1855

.................................9 Catharina Barbara* Brubach 1801 - 1890

......................................+Johann Michael* Jung 1802 - 1879

.....................................10 Frederick Young 1830 - 1912

...........................................+Eva Pfeiffer 1840 - 1919

.........................................11 Louisa Young 1863 - 1913

...............................................+August Herman Frank 1854 - 1916

..............................................12 William Edward Young 1881 - 1970

...................................................+Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge 1888 - 1956

..................................................13 Audra Lavada Young 1907 - 1990

.........................................*1st Husband of Louisa Young:

As noted earlier, the 17^th century was particularly hard for our ancestors. The reformation that began about 50 years earlier had resulted in a lot of hostilities among the population. By 1618 wars waged at the national level set army against army and gave rise to the Thirty-Year Wars (1618 - 1648). These wars killed many of the residents of Rumbach and the surrounding areas. Then in 1635 the bubonic plague struck again in and around Rumbach. By the middle of the 17^th century the county of Wegelnburg lost over 75% of its population and an even larger percentage of its stock. For the managers of counties like Wegelnburg, the population had dropped so low that there were not enough people to do the work. Taxes dwindled to almost nothing and the ruling families became threatened by lack of income.

Many areas other than Rumbach suffered similar casualties. Therefore, it was not an option to relocate people from other regions to replace the losses. So an invitation was sent to neighboring countries such as Switzerland and Austria offering opportunities for immigration to the almost vacant areas in Germany. So beginning with the end of the 16^th century and early 17^th century, many immigrants came from other countries to re-settle Rumbach and surrounding areas. In the Rumbach area there was a particularly heavy influx of people from Switzerland. And so it was during this period that we begin to see ancestors from Switzerland begin to appear in our family tree.

One such family was the Hauswirth family. The Hauswirth surname entered the family tree through the marriage of Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758) to Johannes* Schneider (January 5, 1675/76 - bef 1730). Of course, with this marriage into the family tree, all the ancestors of Magdalena" Hauswirth also become our ancestors and as you would expect, these ancestors were also Swiss. We will begin our visit of the Hauswirth family with our oldest known member of this line. This would be Benedict Hauswirth (abt 1530 - ?).

Benedict Hauswirth (abt 1530 - ?) Born in Saanen, Switzerland

wife: Anna (1532)? married February 1560/61

children: Benedict Hauswirth (October 20, 1566 - ?)

Maria Hauswirth (August 19, 1571 - ?)

@ Peter Hauswirth (March 15, 1572/73 - 1612)

Benedict lived in Saanen, Switzerland. In February 1560/61 he married Anna (1532)? and the couple had 3 children. One of the children was our ancestor, Peter Hauswirth (March 15, 1572/73

- 1612).

Peter Hauswirth (March 15, 1572/73 - 1612) Born in Saanen, Switzerland

father: Benedict Hauswirth (abt 1530 - ?)

mother: Anna (1532)?

wife: Christina Kropfli (December 17, 1579 - ?) married on March 15, 1601/02 in Saanen, Switzerland

children: Maria Hauswirth (December 18, 1605 - ?)

Catherine Hauswirth (January 11, 1606/07 - ?)

Anna Hauswirth (February 28, 1607/08 - ?)

Peter Hauswirth (September 30, 1609 - ?)

Peter Hauswirth (March 24, 1610/11 - ?)

@ Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth (February 12, 1612/13 - ?)

Peter Hauswirth (March 15, 1572/73 - 1612) was born in Saanen, Switzerland. He married Christina Kropfli (1579 - ?) on March 15, 1601/02 in Saanen, Switzerland. Christina's father, Christian Kropfli (? - 1579) was a Landes Seckelmeister (land surveyor) in 1564 through 1579. Christina's mother was Margarethea ?. We have no further information about Christina's parents. Peter and his wife Christina had 6 children, one of whom was our ancestor, Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth (1612/13 - ?).

Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth (February 12, 1612/13 - ?) Born in Saanen, Switzerland

father: Peter Hauswirth (March 15, 1572/73 - 1612)

mother: Christina Kropfli (December 17, 1579 - ?)

wife: Margaret Wuersten (February 6, 1613/14 - ?) married April 27, in Saanen, Switzerland

children: Abraham Hauswirth (October 24, 1636 - ?)

Elisabeth Hauswirth (February 10, 1638/39 - ?)

@ Peter* Hauswirth (May 19, 1642 - aft February 16, 1715/16)

Samuel Hauswirth (February 12, 1612/13 - ?) was a Lieutenant in the military. Since he was born in Saanen, Switzerland he was most likely in the militia of the Habsburg's Holy Roman Empire. On Arpil 27, 1634, he married Margaret Wuersten (February 6, 1613/14 - ?) in Saanen, Switzerland. The couple had 3 known children, one of whom was Peter* Hauswirth (1642 - 1715/16).

Peter* Hauswirth (May 19, 1642 - aft February 16, 1715/16) Born in Saanen, Switzerland and died in Nothweiler, Germany

father: Samuel (Lieutenant) Hauswirth (February 12, 1612/13 - ?)

mother: Margaret Wuersten (February 6, 1613/14 - ?)

wife: Barbara* Hauswirth (December 18, 1644 - bef August 22, 1710) married before 1667 in

Saanen, Switzerland

children: Anna Maria Hauswirth (July 12, 1669 - ?)

Barbara Hauswirth (June 29, 1675 - ?)

@ Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758)

Peter Hauswirth (September 10, 1680 - bef 1710)

Maria Margaret* Hauswirth (April 27, 1687 - ?)

Maria Apollonia* Hauswirth (February 22, 1677/78 - 1746)

Peter* Hauswirth (1642 - aft 2/16/1715/16) was born in Saanen, Switzerland and died in Nothweiler, Germany. Like his father, who was a Lieutenant, Peter Hauswirth enjoyed living a somewhat mobile existence. Peter's father-in-law, Balthasar Hauswirth, had lived in Germany about 1657 - 1662, then returned permanently to Switzerland where his daughter, Barbara (1644), met Peter, her future husband. They married before 1667 in Saanen, Switzerland. The newly-weds immigrated to Lemberg, Germany about 1665 where Peter was a milker in 1667 through 1669. Then, about 1674, they went back to Switzerland for nearly a decade (1674 - 1683) before returning to Alsace and Germany. He was in Woerth/Alsace by 1683 and in Dorrenbach by 1685. In 1687 he was in Rumbach. The couple had 6 children, one of whom was Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758), our ancestor, who married Johannes* Schneider (1675/76 - bef 1730).

On August 22, 1710 Peter Hauswirth and his three married daughters, Anna Marie*, Magdalina*, and Marie Apollonia*, 'now citizens of Germany' sold their remaining property in Switzerland to Martin* Jaggi. (Saanen Protocoll 1710 Records.) Peter's wife, Barbara, must have died shortely beforehand, convincing him that now any thought of returning to Switzerland was past. Upon his death which occurred sometime after February 16, 1715/16, Peter Hauswirth had no adult surviving sons. His only son, Peter died young and unmarried before 1710. Peter* Hauswirth died at the home of a daughter in Nothweiler.

Peter Hauswirth owned no real estate and had no adult surviving sons upon his death. He was still a helper to a schoolmaster in Nothweiler on October 28, 1714, at the age of 72.

Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758) Born in Gsteig, Switzerland, died in Rumbach, Germany

father: Peter* Hauswirth (1642 - aft 2/16/1715/16)

mother: Barbara* Hauswirth (December 18, 1644 - bef August 22, 1710)

husband: Johannes* Schneider (January 9, 1675/76 - bef 1730) married in 1695 in Rumbach, Germany

children: Marie Christine* Schneider (1695 - ?)

Marie Catharine* Schneider (December 31, 1702 - ?)

Johann Ulrich* Schneider (June 5, 1707 - January 26, 1782)

@ Anna Maria* Schneider (January 19, 1709/10 - November 9, 1774)

Heinrich Balthasar* Schneider (February 12, 1712/13 - ?)

Johann Michael* Schneider (December 8, 1715 - bef 1717)

Johann Michael* Schneider (September 8, 1717 - October 25, 1778)

Jacob* Schneider (1721 - March 2, 1801)

We have already met Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758) as the wife of Johannes* Schneider , our ancestor who introduced the Hauswirth surname into our family tree. Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758) was 'double' a Hauswirth. Her mother was also a Hauswirth, Barbara* Hauswirth (Dec 18, 1644 - bef Aug 22, 1710), who descended from a Hauswirth line that begins, in our records, with Simon Hauswirth (abt 1537 - ?). The Simon Hauswirth descendants were also of Saanen, Switzerland so it is likely that they are lines of the same family. So, as with our German lines such as the Schneider, Wagner, and others, the marriage of the parents of Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758) likely represents a cross linking within the same family. However, we do not have sufficient data to determine that this is true.

1 Simon Hauswirth 1537 -

...+Christina Haldi - 1579

...2 Balthasar Hauswirth 1577/78 -

........+ Magdalena Fleuti 1576/77 -

......3 Balthasar Hauswirth 1614 - 1680

............+Anna Jacky 1613 -

...........4 Barbara* Hauswirth 1644 - 1710

................+Peter* Hauswirth 1642 - 1715/16

...............5 Magdalena* Hauswirth 1676 - 1758

.....................+Johannes* Schneider 1675/76 - 1730

...................6 Anna Maria* Schneider 1709/10 - 1774

.........................+Johann Heinrich Schaefer 1702 - 1772

........................7 Adam Schaefer 1747 - 1774

..............................+Catharina Barbara* Bintz 1746/47 - 1817

............................8 Maria Elisabetha Schaefer 1773 - 1803

..................................+Johann Jakob* Brubach 1776 - 1855

.................................9 Catharina Barbara* Brubach 1801 - 1890

......................................+Johann Michael* Jung 1802 - 1879

.....................................10 Frederick Young 1830 - 1912

...........................................+Eva Pfeiffer 1840 - 1919

.........................................11 Louisa Young 1863 - 1913

...............................................+August Herman Frank 1854 - 1916

..............................................12 William Edward Young 1881 - 1970

...................................................+Julia Viola (Ola) Hodge 1888 - 1956

..................................................13 Audra Lavada Young 1907 - 1990

.........................................*1st Husband of Louisa Young:

*2nd Wife of Simon Hauswirth:

...+Benedicta Von Siebenthal 1538 - 1578

..2 Balthasar Hauswirth 1577/78 -

........+ Magdalena Fleuti 1576/77 -

*3rd Wife of Simon Hauswirth:

Simon Hauswirth (abt 1537 - ?)

wife: # 1 Christina Haldi (? - 1579) married November 3, 1558

children: Michael Hauswirth (September 29, 1559 - ?)

Barbara Hauswirth (November 30, 1563 - ?)

Apollonia Hauswirth (May 14, 1567 - ?)

Simon Hauswirth (November 12, 1568 - ?)

Balthasar Hauswirth (July 9, 1570 - ?)

Benedicta Hauswirth (January 17, 1573/74 - ?)

Christian Hauswirth (February 12, 1575/76 - ?)

wife: # 2 Benedicta Von Siebenthal (abt 1538 - 1578) married August 23, 1578

@ Balthasar Hauswirth (February 13, 1577/78 - ?)

wife: # 3 Kueugeli Haldi (abt 1550 - ?) married May 4, 1580

Abraham Hauswirth (April 17, 1581 - ?)

Apollonia Hauswirth (October 6, 1583 - ?)

Apollonia Hauswirth (December 8, 1585 - ?)

Child Hauswirth (November 16, 1593 - ?)

Let's now visit the Hauswirth line that begins with Simon Hauswirth (abt 1537 - ?) and leads to Magdalena's mother, Barbara* Hauswirth (Dec 18, 1644 - bef Aug 22, 1710). We do not know precisely where Simon was born. However, his descendants were born in Saanen, Switzerland so he lived there at least part of his life. Simon married three times and had children with each wife. He married his first wife, Christina Haldi (? - 1579) on November 3, 1558 with whom he had 8 children. On August 23, 1578 he married his second wife, Benedicta Von Siebenthal. Benedicta's father was Christian Von Siebenthal (abt 1502 - ?). Simon had one child with Benedicta who was our ancestor, Balthasar Wauswirth (Feb 13, 1577/78 - ?). Finally, on May 4, 1580 he married his third wife, Kueugeli Haldi (abt 1550 - ?). With Kueugeli he had 4 children.

Balthasar Hauswirth (Feb 13, 1577/78 - ?) Born in Saanen, Switzerland

father: Simon Hauswirth (abt 1537 - ?)

mother: Benedicta Von Siebenthal (abt 1538 - 1578)

wife: Magdalena Fleuti (February 9, 1576/77 - ?) married on October 24, 1597

children: @ Balthasar Hauswirth (July 24, 1614 - bef 1680)

Magdalena Hauswirth (February 11, 1615/16 - ?)

Our ancestor, Balthasar Hauswirth (Feb 13, 1577/78 - ?), son of Simon Hauswirth (abt 1537 - ?) married Magdalena Fleuti (February 9, 1576/77 - ?) on October 24, 1597 in Saanen, Switzerland. Magdalena's father was Ulrich Fleuti (abt 1539 - ?) and her mother was Christina ? (abt 1540 - 1577). We have no further information about Magdalena's parents. Balthasar and Magdalena had 2 known children, one of whom was Balthasar Hauswirth (July 24,1614 - bef 1680), our ancestor.

Balthasar Hauswirth (July 24,1614 - bef 1680) Born in Saanen, Switzerland

father: Balthasar Hauswirth (Feb 13, 1577/78 - ?)

mother: Magdalena Fleuti (February 9, 1576/77 - ?)

wife: Anna Jacky (June 28, 1613 - ?) married Anna Jacky (June 28, 1613 - ?) on November 29, 1640 in Saanen, Switzerland

children: Balthasar* Hauswirth (October 4, 1641 - ?)

Benedict* Hauswirth (August 20, 1643 - ?)

@ Barbara* Hauswirth (December 18, 1644 - bef August 22, 1710)

Bernhart* Hauswirth (March 17, 1646/47 - ?)

Magdalena Hauswirth (December 31, 1648 - ?)

Hans Hauswirth (May 23, 1650 - ?)

Christian Hauswirth (October 17, 1652 - April 21, 1732)

Magdalena Hauswirth (February 4, 1654/55 - ?)

Jacob Hauswirth (July 14, 1661 - bef 1715)

Anna Maria Hauswirth (September 6, 1663 - ?)

Catharine Hauswirth (November 5, 1664 - ?)

Balthasar Hauswirth (July 24,1614 - bef 1680) married Anna Jacky (June 28, 1613 - ?) on November 29, 1640 in Saanen, Switzerland. Anna Jacky was born in Saanen, Switzerland. The couple had 11 children, one of whom was Barbara* Hauswirth (Dec 18, 1644 - bef Aug 22, 1710), the mother of Magdalena* Hauswirth (November 24, 1676 - 1758). Balthasar, his wife Anna Jacky and their family moved to Bad Bergzabern, Germany about 1657. They departed about 5 years later in 1662 back to Saanen. They left behind, in Bad Bergzabern, Benedict and Barbara, who were then about 19 and 18 years old, respectively. However, Barbara eventually went back (about 1674 - 1684) to Saanen, Switzerland. Later she returned to Germany.