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Jacob Gygax

Jacob Gygax

Male 1819 - 1895  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Jacob Gygax  [1] 
    Baptism 2 May 1819  Near Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Witness Role: Child: [I2111] Jacob GYGAX
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1847  [1] 
    listed as a baker next to his engagement date in church book in city records 
    Marriage Groom 30 Jun 1847  Near Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Old documents sometimes refer to the country as the "Republic of Bern."
      Witness Role: Principal: [F413] ...of Jacob GYGAX and Elizabeth LÜTHI
      Witness Role: Bride: [I2925] Elizabeth LÜTHI
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2111] Jacob GYGAX
    Census 1850  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Witness Role: Principal 2: [I2925] Elizabeth LÜTHI
      Witness Role: Head of Household: [I2111] Jacob GYGAX
    1850 U.S. Census, Muskingum County, Jacob Gigax    		 1850 Census, Muskingum, Jacob
    Keywords: Picture
    Naturalization 2 Feb 1852  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1860  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    1860 Census, Muskingum, Zanesv    		 1860 Census, Muskingum, Zanesv
    Keywords: Picture
    Census 1870  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Household Gender Age
      Jacob Gigax M 51y
      Elizabeth Gigax F 50y
      Charles Gigax M 22y
      Mary Gigax F 19y
    1870 Census, Muskingum, Zanesv    		 1870 Census, Muskingum, Zanesv
    Keywords: Picture
    Anecdote
    • After coming the the USA, the spelling of the last name was changed in this branch of the family from GYGAX to GIGAX. Other branches maintained the Old World spelling.
    Death 9 Aug 1895  Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Jacob Gygax,   c. 18 Jan 1789, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1868, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)  (Father) 
    Katherina Nuchow,   c. 7 Feb 1787, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1841, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I2111  Hillbillies & Vikings
    Last Modified 5 May 2023 

    Father Jacob Gygax,   c. 18 Jan 1789, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1868, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Mother Katherina Nuchow,   c. 7 Feb 1787, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1841, Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Marriage 4 Mar 1809  Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Witness Role: Bride: [I3299] Katherina NUCHOW
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2112] Jacob GYGAX
    Family ID F414  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Lüthi,   b. 1819   d. 1888, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jun 1847  Near Bleienbach, Launek, Bern, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Old documents sometimes refer to the country as the "Republic of Bern."
      Witness Role: Bride: [I2925] Elizabeth LÜTHI
      Witness Role: Groom: [I2111] Jacob GYGAX
    Children 
    +1. Charles Jacob Gigax,   b. 1848, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1885, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
    ▻ Wilhelmena Miller  m. Abt 1868
     2. Mary Gigax,   b. 1850, Muskingum, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F413  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2022 

  • Notes 
    • Research Note:
      Title: Occupation
      Type: Tasks
      For Person: Record: "Jacob GYGAX"
      Date: February 17, 2012
      Status: open
      Designed: February 17, 2012
      Last Edited: February 17, 2012
      Keyword:


      Task Description

      Status

      Date Completed

      Find the original source material from Bleienbach so that occoupation can be properly entered.



      Person: Record: "Jacob GYGAX"

  • Reference  Carl Jón Denbow. (2025, July 30). Jacob Gygax. Hillbillies & Vikings. Retrieved from https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I2111&tree=tree1

  • Sources 
    1. [S55] Church & City Records.

    2. [S51] U.S. Census Bureau.

    3. [S57] Sylvia Smedley Hargrove & Hilda Yinger.

    4. [S67] U.S. Census Bureau.

    5. [S69] U.S. Census Bureau.

    6. [S1] Carl Jón Denbow.

    7. [S34] Jlona Gygax-Sidler.


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