Uezwil, Aargau, Switzerland Genealogy

Description: Guide to Uezwil, 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 municipality of Uezwil is in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is a Horseshoe-shaped settlement between two foothills of the Lindenberg.

Uezwil (as of 2006) has an area of 2.4 km² (0.93 square miles). The land use is divided up as follows:
 * 65.8% - agricultural purposes
 * 28.4% - forested
 * 5.8% - settled (buildings or roads)

History
In 1217-22, Uezwil was first mentioned by the name of Juzewile.

The population history of Uezwil is: 1850 - 331 inhabitants 1900 - 319 inhabitants 1950 - 320 inhabitants 1975 - 300 inhabitants 1980 - 293 inhabitants 1990 - 335 inhabitants 2000 - 364 inhabitants 2020 - 504 inhabitants

Per the 2000 census:
 * 64.5% belonged to the Roman Catholic Church
 * 21.3% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church

Uezwil has always belonged to the parish of Sarmenstorf. In 1766-1767, a chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin replaced an older building.

Church Records
Uezwil belongs to the parish of Sarmenstorf. See Sarmenstorf for more information.

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

The following censuses are available from FamilySearch for Uezwil:
 * 1837 (images 121-126)
 * 1850: Form A (images 644-652)
 * 1850: Form B (image 653)

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

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

Libraries and archives
State Archives of Aargau

Societies
Central Swiss Society for Family History (ZGF)