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Reference sources for VarnBuhler genealogy
Reference sources for documents pertaining to the VarnBuhler genealogy
and family history gathered by Ray
VarnBuhler
Note:
Spellings used are usually those found in the record.
LDS FHL stands for the Latter Day Saints Family History
Library in Salt Lake City.
LDS FHC stands for a local LDS Family History Center
Bd. or Band = Volume
The entries are generally listed with the subject of the
record indicated first, followed by other relevant information, including a
brief description, where it was located, etc.. The entire list was updated in December, 2004, and contains
many additions to the original list posted on the web site in the late 1990’s. I also rearranged the entries, tried to
group them as much as possible by subject matter, starting with the immigrants
in America, then moving back in time to the family in Germany (primarily
Möglingen and Hemmingen), and finally to the beginnings in Switzerland.
Sources:
Friederika Varnbuehler death record: Death records, Wayne County, Michigan:
LDS FHL film 1377694
Friederika Varnbuehler death record: "Returns of
Death," Wayne County, Michigan: LDS FHL film 1377686
Friederika Varnbuehler death record: Kirchenbuch
(Churchbook) of St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church, Detroit, Michigan,
1833-1899. LDS FHL Film 0963681
(Burials, 1870 - 1899). A record
containing the date she died, date and place where she was born, maiden name,
surviving family, etc.
Jacob Varnbueler: Naturalization Indexes, Wayne County,
Michigan, Circuit Court: LDS FHL film 0979802, p.558. This record shows that Jacob's Declaration of Intention,
dated February 4, 1856, in Detroit, is located in Volume 5, P.16 of the
records. The actual declaration
was then found on film 0979806.
(It is noted that he is "John" in the index and
"Jacob" on the Declaration.)
This record is also at the Michigan Historical Center, State Archives,
Lansing, Michigan
Jacob Farhnbuller, Frederick Benz [really Friederika Renz],
and Jacob (infant). Book: Germans
to America. ed. by Ira A. Glazier and P. William Filby, Vol. 7, May
1854-August 1854, p. 392.
Immigration record. Lists
the ship, ports, date of arrival, and ages. LDS FHL.
Jacob Varhnbuller, Frederick Benz [really Friederika Renz],
and Jacob (infant). Passenger
list, ships arriving in New York, 1854.
LDS FHL film 0175498 (Microcopy 237, Roll 142, Page 5).
Jacob Farnbuhler.
1860 census, Wayne County, Michigan. Microcopy 653, roll 565, page 11, 4th Ward of Detroit, lines
22-25. LDS FHL.
Note: Census records are also available at regional
branches of the U.S. Government National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA).
John VanBuhler (Jacob Varnbuhler Sr.). 1870 census, Wayne County,
Michigan. Microfilm roll 713, Ward
6, 2nd precinct, Detroit, Page 6, lines 15-18. LDS FHL.
Jacob VanBuhler (Jr.).
1900 census, Wayne County, Michigan. Microfilm roll 750, Ward 9, Enumeration District 96, sheet
5, line 79. The previous was
located using soundex code V514, Microfilm TI052, Roll 237. LDS FHL.
John Jacob VanBuhler (Jr.). 1900 Census Soundex, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL Soundex film 1245154. (Soundex code V514).
John Jacob Varnbuchler. 1900 Census Soundex, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL Soundex film 1245157
John Jacob Varnbuchler. 1900 Census Record, Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL film 1240748, Vol. 78, E.D. 24,
sheet 9, line 14.
John Jacob VarnBuhler (Sr.) and John Jacob VanBuhler
(Jr.). Death notices. LDS FHL film 1598064, item 8, Detroit
News, obituary notices. In:
extracts of births, marriages and deaths (with index). Dec. 1909, and Feb. 1910.
Robert (W) Varnbuhler, wife Margaret, and sons Raymond and
Robert. 1910 Census Soundex, Wayne
County, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL
Soundex film 1371003 (Also shows
John J. and Emma and their 5 children, with the last name spelled VarnBukles).
Robert (W) VarnBuhler marriage record. LDS FHL film 1871546,
Marriages-registrations, 1869-1917, Ontario, Canada. Marriages, no. 2533-8983 (v. A-D), 1905, page 619.
VarnBuhler and VanBuhler (several). 1920 Census Soundex, Wayne County,
Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL Soundex
films 1826443 (Soundex code V651) and 1826439 (Soundex code V514)
Friederika Varnbuehler. "Immigrants to America and Central Europe from
Beihingen Am Neckar, Wüerttemberg." Clifford Neal Smith.
German-American Research Monograph No. 11. (An English translation of a German document. A record of her emigration). 943.47 G644s at Sacramento LDS FHC; 973
W2smn, no. 11, at Salt Lake City FHL.
Jacob J. Varnbuhler.
Interment records, Elmwood Cemetary, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL film 2026526, P. 587.
Friederika Varnbuehler. Interment records, Elmwood Cemetary, Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL film 2026525, Page 439.
Freiderika Catharine Fahrenbuehler. Christening record, Trinity Lutheran
Church Register. LDS FHL film
0954974
Catharina Varnbuehler.
Kirchenbuch (Churchbook) of St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church,
Detroit, Michigan. LDS FHL Film
0963679. Brief Confirmation
record: includes her birthdate.
City Directories, Detroit, Michigan. They cover the years 1837-1935. They contain the names of heads of
households, their addresses, occupations, etc. Also information about churches, cemetaries, and much more. Searched about 30 of them, traced the
movements and changes in the VarnBuhler family. LDS FHL films 1376818-1376843, 1611498-1611513.
During the late 1880's and early 1900's the two main
spellings of our name, VanBuhler and Varnbuhler, were used in what appears to
be an almost random manner.
Listings of those names in the yearly Detroit City Directories were
intermixed, with some of the family being in one part of the list as
VanBuhlers, and others listed as Varnbuhlers. Eventually the spelling VanBuhler became the one adopted by
most of the family, for unknown reasons, and that is the spelling used by
virtually all members of the family living in the United States today.
Friederika Dorothea (Renz). Christening record, Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche
Beihingen. LDS FHL film 1056764,
Bd. 3, Taufen.
Johann Jakob.
Christening record, Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Beihingen. LDS FHL film 1056764, Bd. 4. (This record indicates he is an
illegitimate child and his father is Johann Jacob Varnbuhler, a tailor from
Möglingen).
Renz. Family
register. Kirchenbuch,
Evangelische Kirche Beihingen. LDS
FHL film 1056766, page 316 and page 314.
Johann Jacob Varenbühler. Christening record.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056747, Bd. 4
Varenbühler.
Family register.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056749, Bd. 14, page 89
and page 88.
Johann Friderich Varenbühler. Birth and christening record. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen (Taufen,
Heiraten, Toten, 1704-1794, P. 56).
Record shows Johann Gerlach as his father. LDS FHL film 1056748
(Also on film 1056747)
Johann Friderich Varenbühler. Record of death.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056748
Johann Friderich Varenbühler and Elizabetha
Grabert. Marriage record. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche
Möglingen. LDS FHL film
1056747
Johann Friderich Varenbühler and Elizabetha Grabert and
children. Family record. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche
Möglingen. LDS FHL film
1056748, Bd. 12, P. 150
Anna Barbara Kaul.
Birth record and record of children (including Johann Friderich
Vahrenbühler). Kirchenbuch,
Evangelische Kirche Möglingen.
LDS FHL film 1056749, Band 11, p. 13.
Barbara Varnbühler. Baptism record.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056747. Record shows she emigrated to America
in 1834 (20 years before Johann Jacob,
Friederika, and son Johann Jacob).
It’s not known if she was married at the time. She allegedly came to America with a
Möglingan man named Jakob Knoss.
It is not known where they went after arrival in America. Barbara was the child of Johann
Friderich Varenbühler and Elizabetha Grabert.
Barbara Varenbühler. Original emigration documents for Barbara Varenbühler
and Jakob Knoss in 1834. LDS FHL
film 0837982. Auswanderungen,
Ludwigsburg (Württemberg) Oberamt (Emigration from the district of
Ludwigsburg).
Christina Catharina Wintterlin. Birth record.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056747, Ba. 3, the 1795
page.
Wintterlin.
Family register.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056749, Bd. 12, page 68
and page 195. Page 195 is the
family page of Johann Georg Wintterlin, Christina Catharina's father; page 68
is the family page of Georg's father Philipp.
Wintterlin.
Family register.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Möglingen. LDS FHL film 1056749, Bd. 14, page 114
and page 115. Page 114 is the
family page of Philipp, page 115 is the family page of Georg, Christina
Catharina's father.
Birth/Baptism record of a Johann Jacob Varenbühler. This Johann Jacob was born and baptized
on the same days as “our” John Jacob, just one year apart. Also illegitimate. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche
Möglingen. LDS FHL film
1056747. (An amazing coincidence).
Death record of a Johann Jacob Varenbühler. This Johann Jacob was born and baptized
on the same days as “our” John Jacob, just one year apart. Also illegitimate. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche
Möglingen. LDS FHL film
1056748.
Information about the Varenbühlers in
Möglingen. Pages that
duplicate the original Kirchenbuch (churchbook) records but are much clearer
and contain handwritten notes that may contain new information. In the archives of the Rathhaus (City
Hall), Möglingen.
Information about the town of Möglingen and the
Varenbühlers. History,
photos, and emigrant list. Book: Möglingen:
Pforte zum Strohgäu.
Gühring, Albrecht.
Published in 2000. (ISBN
3-923107-09-9)
Johann Gerlach Varnbüler. Birth and christening record. Kirchenbuch, 1560-1918, Evangelische Kirche Hemmingen. LDS FHL Film 1056689
Johann Gerlach Freiherr Von Varnbüler and Maria
Heinerica Von Held. Marriage
record. Kirchenbuch, Evangelische
Kirche Sankt Michael Hall (Schwäbisch). LDS FHC film 1343710
Johann Gerlach Varnbüler. Death record.
Kirchenbuch, 1560-1918, Evangelische Kirche Hemmingen. LDS FHL Film 1056689
Johann Gerlach Varnbüler. Family register.
Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Hemmingen. LDS FHL Film 1056690, p. 138 - 139
Varnbüler family.
Several family records, including a pedigree/family tree, births and
christenings, deaths, marriages, etc., for many members of the Varnbühler
family. Kirchenbuch, 1560-1918,
Evangelische Kirche Hemmingen. LDS
FHL Films 1056689 and 1056690
Varnbühler.
Biographies (Index to).
Several references to Varnbülers. Deutscher Biographischer Index. LDS FHL book: (Europe) 943 D32k, Vol.
4, S-Z.
Johann Conrad Varenbüler. Baptism/birth record.
Kirchenbuch, 1500-1903, Evangelische Kirche, Stiftskirche,
Stuttgart. (Several references to
other Varnbülers in the index).
LDS FHL film 1055670
Johann Friderich Varenbühler (son of Johann
Conrad). Baptism/birth
record. Kirchenbuch, 1500-1903,
Evangelische Kirche, Stiftskirche, Stuttgart. LDS FHL film 1055671
Johann Conrad Varenbüler. Marriage record (first wife). Kirchenbuch, Evangelische Kirche Göppingen. LDS FHL film 1056928
Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen. Brief Varnbüler historical
information. LDS FHL book: Europe
943 D2ga, 1957: Genealogisches Handbook des Adels. Freiherrliche Haüser B, Band ll,
Ref. #716.
Varnbüler von und zu Hemmingen. Extensive Varnbüler historical
information. LDS FHL book: Europe
943 D2gd, 1856: Freiherrl Taschenbuch.
Freiherren [Barons] Varnbüler von und zu
Hemmingen. Varnbüler
historical information and coat of arms.
LDS FHL film 1045440, item 5 (page 57 and Taf. 24): “Der Adel des
Königreichs Württemberg: neu bearbeitetes Wappenbuch mit
genealogischen und historischen Nortizen/herausgegeben von der
Becke-Klüchtzner” (“The nobility of the Kingdom of
Württemberg”)
Varnbüler genealogy information. LDS FHL book: Europe 943 D6j Vol. E: Württembergisches
Adels // und Wappenbuch (Siebmachers).
Varnbüler biographies (index to). (An index to a
collection of 263 important German biographical works published between 1700
and 1910). Deutscher
Biographischer Index. LDS FHL
book: Europe 943 D32k, Vol. 4, S-Z.
Varnbühler biographies. LDS FHL fiche: Europe 6001692 (Index): Allgemeine Deutsche
Biographie Nur Verweisungen aus Band 56: General Register.
Varnbühler biographies (several, some of which contain
historical information). LDS FHL
fiche 6002159 (old edition) and 6105348 (new edition): Deutsches Biographisches
Archiv (DBA).
Varnbühler biographies. U.C. Berkeley library, Main: Books, (reference stack)
DD85A5, Vol. 39, page 496 (biography of Johann Conrad Varnbüler) and page
498 (biography of Nikolaus Varnbüler); Vol. 40, pages 394-396 (biography
of Ulrich Varnbüler): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB).
Nikolaus Varnbüler. Brief information about his life, career, children. Professorum Tübingenstum 1596;
Cellius, Erhard. Editors:
Hansmartin Decker-Hauff/Wilfried Setzler, Sigmaringen, 1981.
Varnbüler historical information. "350 Jahre Haus Varnbüler
in Hemmingen" by Walter Treiber.
Book published for the 3 day Varnbülerhaus celebration held July
16, 17, and 18, 1999, in Hemmingen.
Extensive information about the Varnbüler family and its
history. Two other books by Walter
Treiber are about the Hemmingen castle and church: Schloss Hemmingen
(1995) and Hemminger Geschichtsblätter Nr. 2 (1999). Both contain information about the
Varnbüler family.
Varnbüler genealogy information. Several pages of
extracts/transcriptions of churchbook records. LDS FHL film 0578238, numbers 440-68, 1085, 1122-23:
Genealogien-Ahnen; Max Cramer.
Band 48, 1920, T-V. Also
film 0575050 (extracts of Hemmingen records specifically).
Varnbüler historical information. LDS FHL book: Europe 943 D66h, page 117
(also on film 0491136): Stammbuch des blühenden und abgestorbenen Adels in
Deutschland (Genealogical Register of the German Nobility); Hefner, Otto Titan
von.
Information about the Varnbülers. LDS FHL films 1303900 and 1303901. Führende Persönlichkeiten
(collection of articles, manuscripts, pedigree, etc., regarding the history and
genealogy of individuals and families of Germany). An excellent source, with over 400 pages of information
about the Varnbülers. The
information in this collection is from “Das Institut zur Erforschung
Historischer Fuhrungsschichten Bensheim” (roughly translated as
“The Institute for the Historical Study of the Ruling
Classes”) It is not known
whether this archive still exists.
A 2004 search of the internet found no such place.
Varnbüler genealogy information (mostly 1800’s),
including 2 pictures, one of a Varnbüler (not one on our direct line) and
one of the Albrecht Dürer sketch for his portrait of Ulrich Varnbüler. LDS FHL book: Europe 943 D5g Vol. 4, 1953, pages 600-608: Genealogisches
Handbuch des in Bayern immatrikulierten Adels.
Information about the Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait
by Albrecht Dürer. Book: Albrecht
Dürer; His Life and Works.
Thausing, Moritz. (translation by Eaton, Frederick Alexis). Vol. 2., ND588 D9 T3, pages 258, 259,
and 288. [The original, in German,
is Dürer, Geschichte seines Lehen und seiner Kunst. 2 Vols. Thausing, Moritz. ND588 D9 T298 Vol. 2, pages 268, 269, and
300.] U.C. Berkeley, Main Library.
Information about the Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait
by Albrecht Dürer. Book: Dürers
schriftlicher Nachlass. Rupprich, Hans. Vol. 1, ND588 D9 R8, pages 94f, 106ff, 124, 180 ,257, 268,
280, 149. U.C. Berkeley, Main Library.
The Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait by Albrecht
Dürer. References to him in: Collected
works of Erasmus – Letters.
Vol. 9, p.407 and 449; Vol. 10, p.111, 153, 174. PA8511 A5 E551, U.C. Berkeley, main library.
The Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait by Albrecht
Dürer. References to him in:
Erasmus of Rotterdam Society, Yearbook 1 (Vol. 1-5, 1981-85), p. 44 and p.50;
Yearbook 17 (Vol. 17-19, 1997-99) p. 56-60. PA 8518 A1 E75. U.C. Berkeley, main library.
The Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait by Albrecht Dürer. References to him in: Erasmus and
the Age of Reformation. John
Huizinga. B785 E64 H7, p. 224.
U.C. Berkeley, main library.
The Ulrich Varnbüler in the portrait by Albrecht
Dürer. References to him in: Erasmus
von Rotterdam. Deutsche
Übersetzungen des 16. Jahrhunderts.
Pages 8, 11, 12. Kantons Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
The Ulrich Varnbüler portrait by Albrecht
Dürer. The original
preliminary drawing by Albrecht Dürer for the woodcut of Ulrich
Varnbüler. Austrian National
Library, Vienna, Austria.
Varnbühler genealogy information. Index cards, over 40 of them. LDS FHL film 1798849: Die Ahnenstammkartei des Deutschen
Volkes, Teil 1.
Varnbühler family history and Coat-of-Arms. LDS FHL book: Europe 943.46 D2: Oberbadisches
Geshlechterbuch... (Family book of Upper Baden, former Grand-duchy of
Baden, now in Württemberg).
Varnbühler name.
Information about the origin of the Varnbühler name. LDS FHL film 1183578, item 6:
Etymologisches Wörterbuch der Deutschen Familiennamen (Origins of German
Surnames).
Varnbühler name.
Information about the origin of the Varnbühler name. LDS FHL book: Europe 949.4 D4o, page
19: Deutschschweizerische Geschlechtsnamen (A Study of Swiss-German
Surnames and Surnaming Customs); Paul Oettli
Varnbühler name.
Information about the origin of the Varnbühler name. LDS FHL book: Europe 943 D4ba: Deutsches
Namenlexicon (German name dictionary).
Information about the name or word Varn or Varen. Mittelhochdeutches
Handwörterbuch. Dr. Matthias
Lexer.
Question (Asked of a genealogist in Switzerland): How did
the name Varnbühler derive from the place-name Farnbühl?
Answer: Location names were created before surnames; when
someone moved to a different village (e.g., Farnbühl) he would be called
"the Farnbühler" -- at a later stage this would often become a
surname. So when Hans from the
Farnbühl farm would go "downtown" he would be called Hans from
Farnbühl - or Hans Farnbühler -- to differentiate him from other
Hans’s. (Also, F's and V's
were interchangable).
Information about the place name
“Fahrenbühl.”
U.C. Berkeley library, Main: DQ 14 J2, 1957, page 102: Schweizerisches
Ortslexikon.
Locations and information about towns or settlements where
the early Swiss Varnbühlers lived.
LDS FHL films 0496407, 0496408, and 0599796 (mention of Weinstein on
0496407, Farnbüel on 0599796, Fahrenbühl and Farnbühl on
0496408): Allgemeines Helvetisches, Eydgenössisches, Oder
Schweitzerisches Lexikon... (Historical Encyclopedia of the Swiss
Confederation and its Allied Territories, with descriptions of families,
persons, places, etc.).
Varnbühler family history. LDS FHL film 0496406, pages 437-438 (Vols. 17-18); also film
0496410 (Supp. Vol. 5-6, R-Z): Allgemeines Helvetisches,
Eydgenössisches, oder Schweitzerisches Lexicon... (Historical
Encyclopedia of the Swiss Confederation and its Allied Territories, with
descriptions of families, persons, places, etc.). Note: both of these sources contain incorrect information;
the Varnbühler's are confused with another family.
Information about places where the Swiss Varnbühlers
lived. LDS FHL book: Europe 949.47
H2b, pages 282-283. Das
Rheintal (Geschichte des Rheintals).
Information about places where the Swiss Varnbühlers
lived. Information about
Störgel/Stoergel, Weinstein, Rebstein, and others. LDS FHL book: Europe 949.4 E5g, 6 Vols.
(reference area): Geographisches Lexicon der Schweiz (Geographical
Encyclopedia of Switzerland).
Information about places where the Swiss Varnbühlers
lived. U.C. Berkeley library, map
room: G6040 s25 .S9 Case D: Topographischen Atlas der Schweiz 1:25,000,
1:50,000. (577 topographic maps
published by Switzerland Eidg. landestopographie.). Map 222 shows a Farnbühl near Störgel and a
Farnbühl near Teufen. Map 223
shows a Farnbühl near Gais.
Map 271 shows Weinstein, Rebstein, and Marbach.
Information about places where the Swiss Varnbühlers
lived. U.C. Berkeley library,
Bancroft library: G6040 s100 .S9 Case XD: Topographische Karte der Schweiz
1:100,000, 1833-1863. Map 9 shows
a Farnbühl near Störgel (but none near Teufen or Gais). Map 10 shows Weinstein. Map 8 shows a
Farnbühl near Malters (near Luzern), but as far as is known this property
has no connection to the Varnbülers.
Information about places where the Swiss Varnbühlers lived. Lists Farnbuel near Teufen and
Farnbühel near Stein. U.C.
Berkeley library, Main: DQ14 .R54 1819: Orts-Lexikon des Kantons Appenzell,
beyder Rhoden; Ulrich Rietmann.
Haus zum Tiger (the Varnbüler house in St.
Gallen). Book: Die
Baudenkmäler der Stadt St. Gallen. Dr. August Hardegger, Salomon Schlatter, and Dr. Traugott
Schiess. Pages 388-390
Places the Swiss Varnbülers lived. A list of houses in St. Gallen and
environs in 1470, which has the Varnbülers, Burgöwers, and
others. Verzeichniss der Häuser
in der Stadt St. Gallen und Umgebung, um das Jahr 1470. W.E. Gonzenbach. S. 1491. Stadtarchiv-Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Information about the Weinstein castle. U.C. Berkeley library, Main: DQ 19 B63
1976, page 126 (Also FHL book: Europe 949.4 E2b): Die Burgnamengebung in der
Nordostschweiz und in Graubunden (Etymological Study of Names of Medieval
Fortresses in Northeastern Switzerland...); Heinrich Boxler.
Weinstein castle.
Photo of, and brief text about.
Book: Wir besuchen Gergen und Schlösser. Hugo Schneider.
Page 116. Kantons
Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Weinstein, Gutenberg, and other castles. Burgen und Schlösser der
Schweiz. Fritz Hauswirth. Bd. 2, St. Gallen, Appenzell,
Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Kantonsbibliothek
and archive, Chur, Switzerland.
Weinstein. In:
Lehenbücher, LA 71, 72, 73. Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen.
Varnbüler historical information. Several pages regarding the
Varnbülers in St. Gallen, Switzerland. LDS FHL book: Europe 949.474/S2 H2e (1988): Geschichte
Der Stadt St. Gallen (History of the City of St. Gallen); Ehrenzeller, von
Ernst.
Varnbühler genealogy information (2 references to
Varnbühlers). LDS FHC
(Sacramento, California) book: 949.4 B825m, page 527: Bibliography of Swiss Genealogies;
Mario von Moos
Varnbüler historical information relating to Ulrich
Varnbühler, mayor of St. Gallen.
U.C. Berkeley library, Main: DQ 54 G5 1941, pages 93 and 98: Geschichte
der Schweiz; Valentin Gitermann
Varnbüler historical information relating to Hans
Varnbüler. Urkundenbuch
der Abtei Sanct Gallen, Teil IV, V, and VI, years 1411-1459. Over 50 pages (in German) with
references to Hans Varnbüler.
Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Varnbüler historical information. Die Vadianische Briefsammlung der
Stadtbibliothek St. Gallen, (MVG 30) VI, 1541-1545. References to several Varnbühlers
in the index. [Note: there are
Varnbüler references in other MVG volumes also.] Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Varnbüler historical information relating to Ulrich
Varnbühler, mayor of St. Gallen, and the trial resulting from his dispute
with the abbot and subsequent flight to Lindau. Geschichte und Akten des Varnbüler-prozesses by
Placid Butler. Published in St.
Gallen, 1914. More than half of
this book is about the trial.
Varnbühler biographies and family history
information. LDS FHL book: Europe
949.4 D36hb, Vol. 7, pages 197-198: Historische-biographisches Lexicon der
Schweiz... (Historical Biographical Encyclopedia of Switzerland). Note: contains the same information
as in the new Deutsches Biographisches Archiv.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers and Weinstein
castle. Rheintaler Almanach, 1950,
pp. 53-59, "Schloss Weinstein und seine Besitzer" by Dr. Jos. Rohner.
Genealogical chart.
Ahnentafel [Stammtafelauszug], Varnbühler/Müller [von St.
Gallen], 1951.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Hartmann, Georg L., Manuscript 113,
"St. Gallisches Wappenbuch, nebst Fragmenten zur Geshlecterund
Familiengeshichte der Bürger der Stadt St. Gallen," 1813.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Hartmann, Daniel Wilhelm. Manuscript about the Varnbüler
family in St. Gallen. Page
310-314. Kantonsbibliothek
(Vadiana) in St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers (several pages
about the Varnbülers, mostly Ulrich in St. Gallen). Book: Vadian und seine Stadt St.
Gallen. DQ552.V3N3, Vol. 1 and
Vol. 2. Graduate Theological Union
Library, U.C. Berkeley, California.
Ulrich Varnbüler, Burgermeister (mayor), St.
Gallen. LDS FHL book: Europe
949.47 H2b, page 52. Das
Rheintal.
Hans Varnbüler (mention of). Book: Beschreibung der Stadt St. Gallen. Hartmann, Georg Leonhard. (ISBN 3-85993-006-0). Page 64.
Information about the Varnbülers. 36 pages of handwritten documents about
the Varnbüler family in St. Gallen.
In a packet, written in the old German script. Stadtsanktgallische Geschlechter: Teilsammlung. Johann Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann and
George Leonard Hartmann. VS 350
da. Kantons Bibliothek (Vadiana),
St. Gallen.
Information about the Varnbülers. Hand-written notes, genealogies,
coats-of-arms. Also information
about Weinstein. Inventory/Catalog
of items by George Leonhard Hartmann and Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann in the Kantons
Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Christa Oberholzer-Hunkeler.
S, q, 455. Kantons
Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Varnbüler Coat-of-Arms. LDS FHL book: Europe 943 D6j Vol. 23: Die Wappen des
Adels in Württemberg; Hefner, Otto Titan von
Varnbüler Coat-of-Arms. A small, beautifully detailed gouache painting by Johann
Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann. In
Wappensammlung von Johann Daniel Wilhelm Hartmann. Wappen der meisten bis 1840 ausgestor Benen Bürgergeschlechter
der Stadt St. Gallen. Bd. 3: S-Z,
Nr. 168-225. Kantons Bibliothek
(Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Varnbüler Coat-of-Arms. In Skizzenbuch (sketchbook): Wappen. Johann Wilhelm Hartmann. Vol. 4 (of 4 vols.) (Photographic copies of the
originals). VMS 111b. Kantons
Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Also Sf 68 (1-4)R
Varnbüler Coat-of-Arms. Wappenbuch, St. Gallen. Vol. 1. Caspar
Schlappritzi. Ms-Z (Vol. 1).
Kantons Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Varnbüler Coat-of-Arms. A written brief about the St. Gallen Varnbülers and a
description of their coat-of-arms.
Wappenbuch der Stadt St. Gallen. Bearbeitet von Dr. med. H.R.v. Fels, Dr. phil. A.
Schmid. Page 22.
Information about the Varnbülers. Several pages with mention of the
Varnbülers. Weinstein
also. Book: St. Galler
Geschichte. George
Thürer. 2 vols. Kantons
Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Also at the U.C. Berkeley main library, DQ555 T5, Vol. 1.
Ulrich Varnbüler (of St. Gallen). A long article about Ulrich, with
illustrations. In: Jahrbuch Unser
Rheintal, 1984, St. Gallen.
“Burgermeister Ulrich Varnbüler, Erbauer von Schloss
Weinstein, und sein Gegenspieler Abt Ulrich Rösch.” Pages 96-103. Pius G. Nideröst.
Kantons Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Several pages about the Varnbülers
in both volumes of the book: Leinwandgewerbe und Fernhandel der Stadt St.
Gallen von den Anfängen bis 1520. Hans Conrad Peyer.
2 vols. Kantons Bibliothek
(Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Early history of the 1200’s and 1300’s in
Liechtenstein. Mention of
“Barnbüler” on page 301.
Geschichte des Fürstenthums Liechtenstein. Peter Kaiser. DB 891; K35 1989. U.C. Berkeley, main library.
Johann Conrad Varnbüler. Original documents (nobility applications?) of Johann Conrad
and Johann Ernst Varnbüler.
Wien 26. X1. 1650(R) and Wien 13 X11.1693(R). Haus-, Hof-, und Staatsarchiv, Vienna, Austria.
Ulrich Varnbüler and treaty with St. Gallen. Copy of original documents by Emperor Maximilian 1 pertaining to a
treaty between Ulrich Varnbüler and St. Gallen. Freiburg, 12. V11.1498, in Reichsregister Maximilian 1., Vol.X/1,
fol. 368 verso-370 recto. Haus-, Hof-, und Staatsarchiv, Vienna, Austria.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Summaries of original Maximilian 1
documents concerning the Varnbülers, with sources. Böhmer, Regesta Imperii X1V, 2/2 Maximilian
1. p. 650. Österreich, Reich,
and Europa, Sept. 1497. No.
9. 8285, 8286, 8287. Tirol Landesarchiv, Innsbruck, Austria.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. The original Maximilian 1 documents
8285 and 8286 (see previous entry above).concerning the Varnbülers: ma
1/41, fol. 43, 1437 1-217 1X (Maximiliana), and ma X1V, 1497, fol. 191. Tirol
Landesarchiv, Innsbruck, Austria.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Summaries of original Maximilian 1
documents concerning the Varnbülers, with sources. Böhmer, Regesta
Imperii X1V, 2/1 Maximilian 1. p. 389.
Maximilian, Juli, 1498. No. 12, 6389. Also p. 394 No. 15, 6412, and p. 408 No. 24, 6480. Tirol
Landesarchiv, Innsbruck, Austria.
Elli Vonbueler.
Listed as “Varen oder vonbueler, Elli.” In:
Lehenbücher, LA 33, p. 96, 1453.
About Rotmonton property, p.7.
Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Reference to
“Farnbühler.” Ratisches
Namenbuch, Vol. 3. Robert von Planta. P. 570. Kantonsbibliothek and archive,
Chur, Switzerland.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Oldest tax records for the town of
Chur, showing property owned there by a Varnbüler. Das älteste Churer Steuerbuch
– Jahre 1481. Fritz Jecklin
(1908). Be 263-18. Kantonsbibliothek, Chur.
Gutenberg Castle (in Balzers, Liechtenstein). About Gutenberg, with mention of
Varnbülers. In: Jahrbuch des
Historischen Vereins für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (JBL) 14. “Gutenberg bei Balzers. Geschichte der Feste und Herrschaft
Gutenberg.” Pages18-33 (The portion of the text about the
Varnbülers in this article is based on unsubstantiated information
supplied to the author by Johann Ernst Varnbüler).
Articles about the history of the area near Gutenberg. In: Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins
für das Fürstentum Liechtenstein (JBL). No. 41 (p. 42-52); No. 2 (p. 18-19, p. 154-157); No. 19 (p.
78-83); No. 17 (p. 16-17).
Beeli von Belfort family. The Beeli von Belfort family was very prominent noble family
in Chur and the surrounding area.
An Agnes Beeli von Belfort was allegedly the wife of Ulrich
Varnbüler, mayor of St. Gallen, and allegedly the daughter of Ulrich Beeli
von Belfort and Elizabetha von Castelmur.
A search of a boxed collection of extensive genealogical records of the
Beeli von Belfort family found no Agnes as their daughter, it only showed them
as having 2 children, Martin and Euphrosenia. (So who is the Agnes Beeli von Belfort that is frequently
noted as the wife of mayor Ulrich Varnbüler ?) Nor was their an Amalie or Amalia von Belfort, who is
mentioned in other records in connection to the Varnbülers. Nor was there any mention (that I could
find) of Ulrich Varnbüler or a marriage to one of the vonBelfort
daughters. Therefore it may still
be an open question as to who was the wife of the famous Ulrich Varnbüler
of St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek
and archive, Chur, Switzerland.
Ulrich Varnbüler, Burgermeister of St. Gallen. Ulrich
Varnbüler, ober der Klosterbruch zu Rorschach. Vaterlandisches Schauspiel in 5 Aufzügen T. Kuoni. Published in Aarau, 1896. This is a small book (about 5(W) x 6.5(H) inches, paper
cover, 224 pages, that is a play in 5 acts. Kantonsbibliothek and archive, Chur, Switzerland.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Over 20 pages with references to the Varnbülers,
almost all in Volume 1 of the 2 volumes.
Appenzeller Urkundenbuch, Vol. 1 and 2 (1400’s). Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. About the sale of property by Hans
Varnbüler in the 1400’s.
Lehenbücher LA 75. Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. About the Varnbülers and
Weinstein. Lehenbücher LA 70,
Beletzungen zu Marbach und Rebstein, 1413-1636. Stiftsarchiv, St. Gallen.
Angela Varnbüler.
An extensive history of the St. Katharina Abbey in St. Gallen, with
several mentions of Angela Varnbüler. “Die Frauen zu St. Katharina in St.
Gallen.” A. Hardegger. St. Galler Neujahrblätter,
1881-90. No. 25, 1885. Helvet. B121. Stadtarchiv-Bibliothek (Vadiana), St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Old script documents with the names
“Farnbühl” and “Farnbühler” evident (under
“Marbach” in A7).
Spitalarchiv, by Marcel Mayer (directory at the Vadiana). Pfennigzine und
Grundzinsbücher. Alteres
Pfennigsbuch, A3 (1442-1444), A7 (1453-1459). Stadtarchiv-Bibliothek (Vadiana),
St. Gallen.
Information about the Swiss Varnbülers. Summaries, in the old script, of
researched documents, etc., some with references to sources. (Unfortunately, some of the information
about the Varnbülers is given without sources and may not be
verifiable). There are several
pages about the Varnbülers, most in Volume 3 under “Weinstein”
(p.296-305). Also Vol. 1, p.221,
Vol. 2 p.346, and Vol. 3 p.501.
Varnbülers are also found in the places register for
Nothvestein. Ulrich is on
page179+. Naef, August; Archiv
Sanct Gallischer Burgen und Edelsitze oder urkundliche, genealogische und
heraldische Belege zur Geschichte der Sanct-Gallischen Bergen und ihrer
Besitzer im Umfange der Kanton St. Gallen, Appenzell, und Thurgau. (St. Gallen, 1845). MS 1001-1005 (5 vols.). The index/register of names and places
for these volumes is in “das Bergenwerk von August Naef” by Melanie
Lehner, St. Gallen, 1998.