My ex-husband's Muggli family is from the same area. It's a Romansch speaking area, and the inhabitants are probably descendants of Roman soldiers who were given land there after completing their service. Roman soldiers could have come from anywhere in the Empire, but the Muggli name is probably from the Roman gens Mucio. Since folks were very, very freely adopted back then, and freed slaves also took the family name, and soldiers often used their general's name on taking citizenship, the name doesn't imply an origin in Rome itself. > Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:57:47 -0800 > From: gwenny@snet.net > To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Genealogical exercise > > Barbara Heloise Dunlop, 1911-1994, Cole Camp, Missouri > Emilie Maria Wilhelmine Hetzler, 1885- 1957, Canton, Missouri > Barbara Brosi, , 1849-1902, Galena, IL > Catharina Werli, 1823- 1906, Davos-Glaris, Switzerland > Barbla Accola, 1799-?, Davos-Glaris, Switzerland > Anna Wildener, 1772-1832, Davos-Glaris, Switzerland > Barbla Ambuel, 1739-1800, Davos-Platz, Switzerland > Anna Kunzi, 1705- 1741, Davos-Frauenkirch, Switzerland > Greta Bikhel, 1667- 1729, Davos Frauenkirch, Switzerland > Anneli Nierin, ?- 1712, Married 15 Feb 1666- Died Davos, Graubuenden > > That's my maternal line. I have one Swiss line that goes back in that area to 1559. The area is a skiing resort now and is very near Austria. They came over in 1846. Catharina Werli's husband Joseph Brosi seved on the Union side in the Civil War. > Gwen Cunningham > ***************** > Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy > > Simcoe Co. GenWeb at http://www.waynecook.com/simcoe.shtml > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message