Researching Victor Hagen
Explore the detail of Victor Hagen using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 287 people with the Hagen surname? In that year Hagen was ranked number 3292 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Victor means "conqueror" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Victor Hagen on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Victor Hagen in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
![]() |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Victor Hagen. |
![]() |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Victor Hagen. |
![]() |
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Victor Hagen. |
![]() |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Victor Hagen. |
![]() |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Victor Hagen. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Hagen ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Hagen Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Victor Hagen and the Hagen Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hagen Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Hagen family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Victor Hagen at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Victor Hagen using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Victor Hagen records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Victor Hagen information.
Explore the LDS Database for records about Victor Hagen.
Research the Hagen surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hagen Military records.
Hagen Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Victor Hagen.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hagen family and people looking to contact living Hagen relations.
Explore One Great Family for Hagen records submitted by people who are already researching the Hagen Family Tree.
Find Victor Hagen from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hagen Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Hagen surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Hagen surname in the USA? Hagen is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hagen Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Victor Hagen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Victor Hagen
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (St. Louis, Missouri, United States, February 29, 1908 – Italy, March 8, 1985) was an American explorer author, archaeological historian, naturalist and anthropologist who traveled in South America with his wife (Christine, later Sylvia). Mainly between 1940 and 1965, he published a large number of widely acclaimed books about the ancient people of the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs.
Victor Wolfgang von Hagen was born on February 29, 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Henry von Hagen and Eleanor Josephine (Stippe-Hornbach) Von Hagen. He attended Morgan Park Military Academy, a college preparatory school in Chicago. He then went to New York University, the San Francisco University of Quito, and the University of Göttingen. During World War II he served in the US Army, 13th Infantry.
His first book, Off With Their Heads (1937), was based on an eight-month stay with a tribe of head-hunters in Ecuador. He accompanied some of their war parties and witnessed the process of shrinking heads. Later he traveled through Honduras and Guatemala in search of the elusive quetzal, a bird once revered by the ancient Aztecs and Mayas. He recorded his experiences in his next book, Quetzal Quest: The Story of the Capture of the Quetzal, the Sacred Bird of the Aztecs and the Mayas (1939).
As a naturalist he was very knowledgeable of the Galapagos Islands and wrote the first comprehensive study of the giant tortoise. He was also an expert on the islands' plant life. Von Hagen was awarded the Orden de Merito by the Republic of Ecuador for his conservation work in the Galapagos.
In the early 1950s, he went for a two-year exploration of Peru's ancient Inca roads and found the only surviving suspension bridge of this trail.
His daughter, Adriana von Hagen, is co-director of a museum in Leimebamba (Peru).
Source: Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hagen
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Haazen Hachen Hacheney Hackin Hackney Hacon Hacun Hagan Haggan Haggin Hagin Haken Hakin Haquin Hasen Haskayne Haskin Hasney Hasnney Hassam Hassan Hassen Hassin Hasson Haugen Hausam Hawcain Hawkain Hawkan Hawken Hawkin Hawson Haysham Haysom Hayson Hazen Heckney Heckwine Heezen Heggen Heijne Heisham Heskin Hesoun Hession Hessom Hesson Hewkin Hewson Hexam Hexham Hexum Hickam Hickem Hicken Hickham Hickhem Hickin Hickson Higgan Higgen Higson Hisgen Hishon Hisney Hissem Hitcham Hitchen Hitchin Hitchmough Hixon Hixson Hocken Hocum Hodgen Hodgin Hodgkin Hodgon Hodgskin Hodgson Hoegen Hoekema Hoeksema Hogan Hoggan Hoggin Hokema Hokin Hookham Hoosen Hooson Hosen Hosken Hoskin Hoskyn Houchen Houchin Housam Housen Housin Houson Howchin Howieson Howison Howkin Howsam Howsan Howsen Howsin Howson Huckin Hugan Hugen Huggan Huggen Huggin Huggon Huggone Huggyn Huggyne Hughson Hugin Hugon Hugonneau Huison Hukin Husen Hushion Huson Hussin Husson Hutcheon Hutchin Huxham Huygen Hysham Hysom Hyson





Comments
Looking for information on a Victor Hagen in your family tree? Why not post a question here -