> > > Subject: [SWITZ] Wild's in the 1500's in Canton St Gallen. > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:39:03 EST > From: GWild67223@cs.com > To: SWITZERLAND-L@rootsweb.com > > This is my first poasting. I am seeking any info on the following family, > Niclaus (claus or klaus) Wild. Born 1510 in Haslen,Canon Glarus, He married > Anna Zwingli. Born 1514 in Wilhaus,St Gallen. Their children are Johannes > (F) born 1540. Heinrich (M) Born 1542. Niclaus(M) Born 1544. Peter(M) Born > 1547.Elsy(F) Born 1549.Bartholome(M) Born 1550. Anneli(F) Born 1553. Jakob > (M) Born 1555. I am seeking help to find out if their Father Niclaus had > any siblings in the hope that their may be some info on his parents,I only > have a foot note on his father as Alt Johann Wild ,also known as (Old Johann > of Toggenburg) I have no info on his mother. I am also trying to find out the > orgin of how the Wild's got their SerName, I have been told one story that a > group of familys left the villages and went up to the Alps and lived in caves > dropping their Sernames and taking up the name of Wild can anyone please > help me on this? Again thankyou for any and all that help me. I am very new > to this kind of research,until three months ago I did not have a PC. let > alone know what the Web was. Thankyou Glen Wild. USA ,TEXAS > >Do these Wilds connect with some German Wilds of that era? Johann Jacob Wild * ca 1550, ? Johann Wilhelm Wild *Nov 1594, Ettlingen, Baden, Germany Johann Jakob Wild *12 Oct 1631, Hagsfeld, Baden, Germany Bob Pfennig, New Braunfels, TX