When Rudolf Baumann was born on 13 April 1815, in Wädenswil, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans KASPAR Baumann, was 29 and his mother, Susanna Pfister, was 25. He married Anna Katherina Gräeflein on 9 October 1836, in Steckborn, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 14 August 1875, in Switzerland, at the age of 60, and was buried in Switzerland.
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New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Otto, Gerhard, Ernst, Heinz, Guenter, Armin, Dieter, Erna, Friedrich.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a peasant or a nickname meaning ‘neighbor, fellow citizen’, from Middle High German būman, German Baumann ‘peasant’ (see Bauer ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, and some other European countries. Compare Bauman and Bowman .
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