When Daniel Gilgen was christened on 27 May 1798, in Champvent, Vaud, Switzerland, his father, Christen Gilgien, was 40 and his mother, Elisabeth Gasser, was 31. He married Anna Schmid on 9 September 1826, in Wahlern, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.
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Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz.
German and Swiss German: habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning ‘at the lily’, based on Middle High German lilge, gilge ‘lily’, or from a place called Sankt Ägidi, near Passau, for instance (compare Gilger ).
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