History Hullinger: Hullinger - Hollinger - Swiss Ancestry

Hallwyl Castle in our ancestral Villages of Seengen / Boniswil, Canton Aargau, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallwyl_Castle

We trace out name back to Switzerland. The spelling of the name changed over the years. Most of the people in the USA spell their names Hollinger, while our branch uses Hullinger.

Many persons with the name Hullinger / Hollinger / Holliger / Holiger share a common ancestry from Henri Holiger of Boniswyl, Aargu, Switzerland, as shown below:

Born Died First Last Name Spouse Birth Place / Comments

1425 1504 Henri Holiger Boniswyl, Argau, SWZ

1446 Heini Holiger Boniswil (Holvil) Switzerland

1472 Hans Holiger 1504 Junghans Holiger m Margaretha Rebmeyer

1548 1600 Heini Holiger m Barbara Mayer Boniswyl, Aargu, SWZ Burial: Seengen

1591 1643 Heini Holiger m Anna Huber Aargu, Boniswyl, SWZ

1627 1689 Rudolph Holliger m Anna Hummel

1661 Jacob Holliger m Elisabeth Burger

1701 1779 Hans Jacob Hollinger m Anna Elisabetha Esterli
Immigrated to US 1736

1734 1802 Christian Hollinger m Eva Dorothea Feltz Born Germany, Captain American Revolution

1757 1839 Daniel Hullinger m Ann Schockey Lancaster Co, PA, 1st Lt American Revolution

1788 1856 Daniel Jnr Hullinger m Comfort Conway Staunton Trenton, OH

1833 1909 Daniel J Hullinger m Mary Kirk Ohio emigrated from Ohio to south central Iowa by wagon train in 1864

1870 1956 Eli Hullinger m Mary Elizabeth Siddons Leon IA

1893 1970 John Franklin Hullinger m Pearl Josephine Harlan
Leon, Iowa US Army, WW I

1920 Clifford Harlan Hullinger m Louise Liffengren
Vivian, SD 1st Lieutenant, US Army, WW II

1947 Craig Harlan Hullinger m Elizabeth S. Ruyle Brookings, SD Colonel, US Marine Corps Reserve, Vietnam

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We have visited our Switzerland relatives and found them to be extremely nice and successful people. And Switzerland is beautiful. More information about our Hullinger heritage can be found at:

Switzerland - Meeting the Relatives

Ancestral home of the Hullingers / Hollingers / Holligers - Hallvill, Seegun, Bonisvil, Eglisvill, Canton Aargau, west of Zurich, north of Luzerne.

This is our favorite part of Switzerland. Our ancestors left the area in 1735 to emigrate to the US. It is unspoiled and uncrowded, and undiscovered by most tourists. The small lake of Hallvil has excursion boats that tour the lake during the day, providing convenient access to all parts of the Lake.

It boasts the charming castle of Hallwyl, located on Lake Hallwil. The castle is small and easily visited, and boasts excellent English translation phones that work well. The charming towns of Hallvill, Seegun, Bonisvil, and Eglisvill are nearby - these are the towns that the Holligers lived in, beginning with Henri in 1425. Our ancestor immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1735.

The high part of our visit was spending two evenings with Elizabeth & Elizabeth & Christoph Holliger. We had met Elizabeth 1984 before and had a nice visit. We had walked into Elizabeths place of business in 1984, announcing that we "were her cousins, from the US.” We compared our respective genealogies and had determined that we were distantly related from the 1600's. 13th cousins as I recall. Elizabeth brought her son and daughter in law, and we joined them for dinner on two different visits. So Christoph and I had the distinct pleasure of dining with three lovely Elizabeths.

Our Swiss cousins are very charming, intelligent and well educated. Elizabeth is now retired from her long career running Fruettiger-Holliger. Christoph is a Professor of Physics and his wife Elisabeth works in mental health.

Christoph is a renaissance man. In addition to being a PhD, he is the Director of International Relations for the Fachhochscule Aarau, University of Applied Science. He completed a project in Bolivia providing solar hot water and potable water for poor areas and travelled to India to work on a project in that country. He built his own energy efficient home, complete with his own sheep, chickens, garden, and home made schnaps. He also weaves and is a skilled artist. Beth was interested in how alike Christoph is to his American cousins. He and his son are both scientists, as were Clif Hullinger and his son Scott Hullinger.

The Seehotel Hallwil is located on the east side of the lake in the town of Meisterschwanden. It has great rooms overlooking the lake, a fine restaurant, and friendly staff.

Switzerland is a picture book country, with magnificent mountains, beautiful lakes, great trails, and quaint towns. The country has four official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romanch), and many people speak several of these languages plus English.

The Country is small, and you see a great deal in a few days. We enjoy simply wandering the country, taking in the sites.

Luzerne is a beautiful city, overlooking a beautiful river, lake, and Alps. You can easily spend a few days here. But when the weather is fine, you want to be outside and in the country.

On fine days, we take to the hills, and ride a ski lift up the Alps. Many areas have paths and trails that you can take around the mountains, and back to your car or train station. Make sure you get a usable map, and that you choose a trail that does not exceed your abilities.

Geneva is in the French portion of the country, located on Lake Geneva. We drove into Lake Geneva from France, took the train to Florence for the third and final time to pick up my computer, then back to Geneva.