Wiliberg, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Wiliberg, Aargau, Switzerland, ancestry, family history, and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, parish census, civil census, family history, area history, and military records.



Geography
The former municipality of Wiliberg is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton. It is located on a hill in the upper Uerkental.

Wiliberg (as of 2009) has an area of 1.17 km² (0.45 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 72.6% - agricultural purposes
 * 17.9% - forested
 * 12.0% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1160, Wiliberg was first mentioned by the name of Wilperc. In 1539 as Bonhusen. Wiliberg is in the Zofingen district and the Aargau canton.

The population history of Wiliberg is: 1764 - 58 inhabitants 1850 - 197 inhabitants 1900 - 133 inhabitants 1950 - 155 inhabitants 1975 - 120 inhabitants 1980 - 132 inhabitants 1990 - 148 inhabitants 2000 - 157 inhabitants 2020 - 167 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 13.9% were Roman Catholic
 * 80.1% were Swiss Reformed Church

Spiritually, Wiliberg depended on the parish of Reitnau.

Church Records
Wiliberg belongs to the parish of Reitnau. See Reitnau for more information.

Census
(See here for information regarding Aargau census records.)

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Wiliberg:
 * 1837 (images 236-240)
 * 1850: Form A (images 272-276)
 * 1850: Form B (image 277)

Surnames
The following surnames held citizenship in Wiliberg prior to 1875:

Related sources
The town's website (in German) can be found here.

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Genealogical-Heraldic Society of Bern (GHGB)