Beruck(?) in Weerswilen TG

[Choko]

Bonjour,

J'habite en Belgique et je me demande comment faire pour chercher
quelqu'un né en 1755 à Weerswilen (près de Weinfelden) en Thurgovie
(Thurgau). Pouvez vous m'expliquer la démarche?

Merci d'avance,
Christophe
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Hello,

I live in Belgium and I wonder how to search someone who was born
in 1755 in Weerswilen (near Weinfelden) in Thurgau. Could you
explain me how to do?

Thank you!

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Voici les données que je recherche:
Those are the datas I'm looking for:

Leonardus Christianus BERUCK °9 april 1755 in Weerswilen.

Son of Joannes Jacobus BERUCK (°Weerswilen) and Maria Catharina WALDMANS (° and died in Weerswilen)



- Editiert von Choko am 22.08.2007, 19:11 -

[Thomas]

Ich tippe beim gesuchten Namen auf "Brugger" oder "Burkhart", beide seit vor 1800 verbürgert in Weinfelden TG, wozu der Ort Weerswilen seit 1995 gehört.

Gruss

Thomas

[Choko]

Sorry, I don't understand your answer.
Could you write it in English, French, Dutch or Spanish?

Traurig, verstehe ich nicht Ihre Antwort. Konnten Sie auf englisches, französisch, Holländer oder spanisch schreiben?

[Thomas]

I guess the wanted name is "Brugger" or "Burkhart". Both families have had a citizenship since before 1800 at Weinfelden, where the small village Weerswilen belongs to since 1995.

Thomas

[Choko]

Well, it's not. It's BERUCK or BERUK. I did't find much informations about, but I think Weerswilen was first depending on Berg TG (located at two km from W.). I found some BERUCK in the database of the Mormons who were baptized by the catholic church of Berg TG (see it on http://www.familysearch.org/ , it says: Katholisch, Berg Tg, Thurgau, Switzerland)

Thank you for your help,
Christophe BERUCK

[Thomas]

Well, I saw the numerous "Beruck" from Berg TG at Familysearch, but "Beruck" isn't mentioned in the "Familiennamenbuch der Schweiz" as a Swiss name, neither in towns from Thurgau nor in any other place in Switzerland.

Thomas

[Choko]

It means that there was no more BERUCK in Switzerland in 1962:

Sie werden den gesuchten Namen nicht finden, wenn die Familie vor 1962 als Schweizer Bürger ausgestorben ist - keine Nennung im Familiennamenbuch ist also noch kein Beweis, dass Ihre Vorfahren nicht aus der Schweiz stammen.

[Thomas]

I know verry well how the "Familiennamenbuch" works...I've also got the edition from 1940, and there is no "Beruck" either. I do believe that "Beruck" is an ancient spelling for "Brugger" or "Burkhart".

Thomas

[waldy]

Or is there a connection between 'Beruck' and the family BRAUCHLI ("Bruuchli" - in our dialect)?? The BRAUCHLIs are citizens of Weerswilen TG since before 1800.
Was 'Beruck' another style of writing some time??

[Thomas]

I think "Brauchli" is also possible. In the "Glückshafenrodel" (1504) I found this mention:

"Grosselly Bruchlin von Winfelden"

Thomas

[Choko]

It could be. Now, the only way to find out, is to search Leonardus Christianus BERUCK (or BRAUCHLI) who was born the 9th april 1755 in Weerswilen. So there come back my first question: Is there somebody who can make the research for me or know an association of genealogists which can do it?

Thank you very much,
Christophe

NB: on the birth certificate of his son (1803, Belgium), Leonardus signs BERUK

[Wolf]

If I interprete the comments in "Kirchgemeinden und Pfarrbücher im Thurgau" (1991) correctly the inhabitants of Weerswilen belonged to two parishes:
- reformed to Berg
- catholic to Weinfelden
Records of both parishes (prior to 1875) have been filmed by LDS - see http://swiss.genealogy.net/kibu/tgkbinde.htm.