5121Elsbetha Fenckin
Key Facts
Snapshot:lived in what's now Switzerland
Parents:unknown
Born:circa 1629
location unknown
Last known record:1652
Haslach, Vogtei Rheintal, Old Swiss Confederacy
Buried:unknown

5121Elsbetha Fenckin was born circa 1629.1 I know nothing else of her early life.*

She married 5120Abraham Giger, although the details of their marriage are unclear. A 1649 census describes 5120Abraham as caelebs (Latin for "unmarried"),2 although they apparently had married by the time their son Hans was baptized on 21 June 1650. Hans was baptized into the Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche in Berneck, Vogtei Rheintal, Old Swiss Confederacy, and his baptism record implies that the family lived in nearby Haslach.3 For more information about the Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche in Berneck, see the description in 640Hans Ulrich Geiger's profile. Likewise, for Haslach, see 1280Abraham Geiger's profile.

A 1652 census shows 5121Elsbetha, 5120Abraham, and their son Hans still in Haslach. Peculiarly positioned are two other names (Is "Barbara Fenckhin" one of the two?) who may be relatives.1



1652: 5121Elsbetha's family in a Haslach census. Full page.1

The abovementioned 1652 census is the last record I've found of 5121Elsbetha.

Footnote:

*

I found no Fenck households in Berneck-area censuses for 1640 (I only searched Haslach—there are no subsections for Langmoos or Hardt.), 1643 (Haslach and Langmoos), 1646 (Haslach, Langmoos, and Hardt), or 1649 (Haslach, Langmoos, and Hardt).

Sources Cited:

1: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche, Synode Zürich. Bevölkerungsverzeichnisse entries for the year 1652, section for Berneck, subsection for Haslach, page 1308. FamilySearch (microfilm 1185147 / image 1020 of 1052; <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMW-X389-T?i=1019>). FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here.

2: Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche, Synode Zürich. Bevölkerungsverzeichnisse entries for the year 1649, section for Berneck, subsection for Haslach, page 607. FamilySearch (microfilm 1185147 / image 315 of 1052; <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSMW-X3H3-P?i=314>). FamilySearch restricts access to this image, so see a copy here.

3: Evangelish-Reformierte Kirche Berneck. Kirchenbuch 1550-1931, baptismal entry for Hans of Hasslaeh, baptized 21 June 1650, son of [5120]Abraham Gÿger and [5121]Elsbetha Fenckin. FamilySearch (microfilm 939185 / images 81 and 82 of 883), accessed 18 April 2018. FamilySearch restricts access to these images, so see a copy of image 82 here.