Book Description
The Hauenstein/Howenstine/Howenstein families of Switzerland and Germany and later in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri and elsewhere. One early ancestor was Andrew Hauenstein (1779-1838), son of Hans Jacob Hauenstein, who was born in Unterendingen, Aargau, Switzerland. He died in Baugo Twp., Elkhart, Indiana. He emigrated from Switzer- land in 1831 and settled in Wayne County, Ohio. He was married to Barbary Hauenstein (1788-1838), daughter of Johannes Hauenstein and Anna Maria Werder, in 1810 in Unterendingen, Aargau, Switzerland.