Birthdate and parents names of Henri Wigger Who was born in the
vicinity of Hamburg, Germany in the mid 19th century.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 24 Aug 2003 13:33 PDT

Dear ted49,

I am quite sure that I have found the person you are looking for.
Since the correct German form of his given name (Henri) would be
"Heinrich", I searched and found one Heinrich Wigger, born in Hamburg
in 1848. I can provide you his exact birtdate as well as both his
parents' names, as well as some additional genealogical data. Please
let me know if you would like to get what I found as an answer.

Best regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by ted49-ga on 28 Aug 2003 13:38 PDT

Probably is the one.  He emigrated to the U.S. in the 1870's with his
wife Rosa Muller Wigger. any light you could shed on this would be
wonderful. Thank-you!

Dear ted49,

Here is all data I could find for the only Heinrich / Henry / Henri
Wigger from Hamburg, Germany listed in the databases I consulted:

-- Heinrich Richard Wigger was born 26 January 1848 in the city of
Hamburg.

-- His father was Johann Carl Adolf Wigger (b. 20 July 1816 in
Hamburg, date of death unknown).

-- His mother was Johanna Catharina Theresa Wigger, née Moeller (b. 9
December 1822 in Hamburg, date of death unknown).

-- They married on 26 June 1847 in Hamburg.

-- Heinrich Wigger had three younger brothers:
- Johann Peter Adolf Wigger (b. 26 September 1850 in Hamburg, married
Pauline Agneta Meldau in 1878, died 1888).
- Joachim Martin Robert Wigger (b. 29 October 1852 in Hamburg, d. 2
May 1854)
- Friedrich Bernhard Paul Wigger (b. 6 February 1863 in Hamburg, d. 29
January 1946).

-- Heinrich Wigger's grandparents on the paternal side were Johann
August Albrecht Wigger and Lisette Florentine Betty Wigger, née
Wierersen (no dates known).

-- Heinrich Wigger's grandparents on the maternal side were Johann
Heinrich Christian Moeller and Catharina Margaratha Moeller, née
Schroeder (no dates known).

It is interesting that Heinrich R. Wigger is the only of four brothers
without a recorded date of death. That might indicate that he had left
Germany while his brothers had stayed in Hamburg. So the missing date
makes it a bit more likely that Heinrich Richard Wigger is the Henri
Wigger who came to the United States in the 1870s.
The source for this data is the genealogy database of the Mormons,
FamilySearch:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

It is, as I would like to point out, the only Heinrich / Henry / Henri
Wigger I could locate who was born in the mid-19th century in Hamburg.
But unfortunately, there is no definitive certainty about this. German
vital records are, as a result of World War II, very fragmentary; this
is in particular true for Hamburg, which was almost entirely destroyed
and almost all historic official records lost. But I nevertheless hope
that this information will prove useful for you and lead you in the
right direction for additional research.

Very best regards,
Scriptor