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- Feldis baptism record for son Christian Felix:
September 17, 1783: Nr. 44, Anno 1783 den 17 7beris, Ei Battiaus a lgi Cumpar Jon Foelix a lia Dunna Maria Purgia Tscharneri ?n tilg, c?n Nom: Christen. Testes: Christ Tscharner, Jann Tschugg, Panerazius Banzer, Maria Banzera natta Balzera, Maria Tscharnera a Stina Baranduna, D. B.
The Feldis (aka Veulden) church-book (which begins in 1754) is not available on micro-film through the Family History Center in Salt Lake City; it is only available at the state archive in Chur, address: Staatsarchiv, Graub?nden, Karlihofplatz, CH-7001 Chur.
It is difficult to obtain clear genealogical information on persons prior to the year 1750 in Feldis, after this date there is coherent information, based on church records in Feldis. The earlier church documents were lost in a fire in 1774. There are earlier documents in archives, but they don't provide clear information on which to establish a family-tree for a given person. There are documents mentioning members of the Tscharner-family dating back to 1365 in this region, and on Felix-family beginning in the 1500s. In Feldis the Felix surname is mentioned first in 1660; and in the neighbouring town of Scheid beginning in 1550, where they are called "Felisch", which is the Romansh (the native Raetoroman language) version of Felix.
The following was taken from "Historisch Biografisches Lexikon der Schweiz", and translated from German. Under the heading Felix: a family-line in the cantons Graub?nden, Luzern, and Z?rich.
Canton Graub?nden: Family-line in Parpan and Haldenstein. From the Parpaner line stem several priests of note. Coat of arms: in blue, three silver lilies above three golden stars. Johann Friedrich Felix, born December 16, 1798, priest in Hinterrhein from 1822-1825, in Jenins from 1825-1828, then in Nufenen July 22, 1850; with became allied with Oswald army; a proficient expert on flora.
Billeter states that the surname Felix can first be found mentioned in 1608 in Braunau, Thurgau canton. According to the "Familiennamenbuch 1940" people with the surname of Felix were granted citizenship pre-1800 in the following communities in Graub?nden: Feldis, Felsberg, Haldenstein, Neufenen, Parpan, and Zizers.
Also known pre-1800 in: Bern canton - Pleigne (L?wenberg); Fribourg canton - Chandossel; Luzern canton - Hildesrieden, Hohenrain, Neudorf, Rain, and R?merswil; Thurgau canton - Braunau, Friltschen, and W?ngi; Vaud canton - La Rogivue, and Moudon.
The following is a translation of information from the book: "Graub?nden Geschichte Seiner Kreise".
The boundaries of the District of Domleschg are the Viamala in the south and Schin and the ranges of the St?tzerhorn in the east, the terrace of Feldis in the north, and the Hinter Rhine in the west. It comprises the political communes of Almens, Feldis/Veulden, F?rstenau, Paspels, Pratval, Rodels, Rothenbrunnen, Scharans/Tschiramur, Scheid, Sils im Domleschg, Trans and Tumegl/Tomils.
The name Domleschg is derived from the old Roma "tumba" (hill), referring perhaps to the hill on which the church of St. Lorenz stands.
Various finds in graves are proof of a settlement in this district during the prehistoric period. It is expected that new light will be thrown on this period by the scientific evaluation of the prehistoric frescoes discovered in 1965 on the Maiens?ss Carschenna above Sils im Domleschg.
Proof of a continuing settlement during Roman times is provided by numerous finds of coins and other small objects. At the time of the Franks the valley was part of the Ministerium Tumilasca.
During the Middle Ages two parts, separated by the Riedbach near Rodels, can be distinguished: the inner and outer Domleschg.
In the inner Domleschg the Bishop of Chur became the lord. The centre was the small town of F?rstenau, for which the Emperor Karl IV had given the bishop the usual market and court rights in a document dated 1354. As the Emperor had ordered his people to use only those roads that were in the possession of the bishop, F?rstenau, which was on the road to the Septimer, prospered. When the way through the Viamala was improved in 1470 the bishop's position in the Domleschg was no longer on the main trade route. To compensate this he acquired Sils on the other side of the river Albula, a village which at one time had belonged to Schams.
The outer Domleschg, with its centre Ortenstein, was at first a domain of the Lords of Vaz, and later of their heirs, the Dukes of Werdenberg-Sargans, whose castles were destroyed by the rebel subjects during the War of Schams (cf. District of Schams). The arbitration of 1452 only allowed them the reconstruction of Ortenstein. The Dukes of Werdenberg succeeded in defending their property in the outer Domleschg against the claims of the Bishop of Chur in the quarrels of 1472.
In the old organisation of the land by the League of God's House, according to which the High Court was divided into the two jurisdictions of F?rstenau and Ortenstein, the old boundaries of the territories are still recognisable. The purchase of the sovereign rights by the communes was made in 1527 for the inner Domleschg, and in 1709 for the outer Domleschg.
During the Reformation Tomlis, Paspels and Rodels remained true to the old faith, at Almens there was parity of faith, The remaining villages became Protestant.
At the time of the conflicts in the Grisons, the Domleschg was the focus of political interest, when, in 1621, J?rg Jenatsch, at first a clergyman at Scharans, murdered the spiritual leader of the Spanish party, Pompeius Planta, at Riedberg Castle. Planta's son-in-law, Rudolf Travers, who resided at Ortenstein Castle, helped to plan the murder of Janatsch in 1639.
In the second half of the 18th century a bitter quarrel arose in the outer Domleschg, between the communes in the valley and those on the mountain, about the election of the magistrate. Johann Viktor von Travers from Ortenstein wanted to take revenge on the Salis party, but his plan failed, which led to the division of the jurisdiction of Ortenstein into mountain and valley fractions.
According to the census taken in 1960, the linguistic situation is a follows: Scheid, completely Sutsilvanian Romansh; Feldis, predominantly Romansh; Paspels and Tomils, half Romansh; the remaining villages are completely or predominently German-speaking.
District Coat of Arms: Silver, rooted apple tree green with twelve apples gules. Blazonry: The green apple tree symbolises the rich fruit-growing district of the Domleschg, and the number of apples corresponds to the twelve communes of the district. District colours: green-white-red.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 21 July 2015.
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