Hans Minger1

(October 5, 1673 - October 27, 1694)
Hans Minger|b. Oct 5, 1673\nd. Oct 27, 1694|p719.htm|Benedict Minger|b. Oct 3, 1630\nd. after 1672|p711.htm|Elsi Studer|b. about 1634\nd. after Oct 5, 1673|p712.htm|Hans Minger|b. about 1598\nd. after 1629|p720.htm|Madlena Hess|b. about 1602\nd. about 1630|p721.htm|||||||

Relationship=6th great-granduncle of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
     Hans Minger was baptized Thursday, October 5, 1673 , son of Benedict Minger and Elsi Studer.1

Hans died on Wednesday, October 27, 1694 in Messen, Mulchi, Canton Berne, Switzerland, at age 21.1

Citations

  1. [S25] Mae (Brown) Siemers, Edith (Brown) Lenarz and Ruth (Brown) Rohrwsser, The Minger Family History, A Book of Memory (Publish Date: March 1984), Messen Parish Records 14. Hereinafter cited as Minger Family Book.
 


  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.

  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.

  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

    — Fredrick Henry Hedge