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HABEGGER NAME ORIGIN

HABEGGER: Feeding into the Emme is a stream named Ilfis. It is on the hills and valleys that feed into this stream that the Habeggers lived. One kilometer from the village of Barau is a farm complex on a hill named Habegg. It is from this farm that we received our family name. In Switzerland each farm or farm complex has a name. The family or families living on that farm are known by the name of the farm. In the middle ages common people did not have family names. When distinctions needed to be made between persons, family names were added. The name of the farm they were living on frequently became the source of that name. Even today when a farmer goes to town he will frequently be called by the name of the farm rather than by his family name.

The name Habegg is a shortened form of Habichtegg which Hawk Ridge. The Habegg farm is on a hill rising from the valleys to the west and south. It is the shoulder of a higher hill named Riegenen. Hawks can be seen soring on the air currents coming from the valley to the west. The hawk is able to remain motionless by balancing on the upward moving breeze. It was probably from such a common sight that the hill was given its name. It is a place where hawks have been coming for centuries to hunt for rodents.

Habegger definition from the book "The History, Ancestry and Descendants of Peter Habegger and Elisabeth Lehman" by David L. Habegger

Anna married Hans Gerber in 1717. Hans (son of Hans Gerber and Katharina Berger) was born in 1688; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Married in Trub, Canton Bern, Switzerland

1. Anna Gerber was born in 1718; and died.
2. Barbara Gerber was born in 1720; and died.
3. Katharina Gerber was born in 1722; and died.
4. Magdalena Gerber was born in 1723; and died.
5. Peter Gerber was born in 1727; and died.
6. Elsbeth Gerber was born in 1730; and died.
7. Margaritha Gerber was born in 1730; and died.
8. Hans Gerber was born in 1735; and died.