When Hans Jacob Laufer was born before August 1673, in Eglisau, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Ulrich Laufer, was 27 and his mother, Anna Frey, was 11670. He married Elisabeth Brennwald on 10 March 1705, in Eglisau, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. In 1705, his occupation is listed as metzger in Glattfelden, Zürich, Switzerland. He died in 1743, in At Sea.
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Three valleys in Central Switzerland unite against the counts of Habsburg and fight for autonomy. Cities join the confederacy. They conquer territories in northern and southern Switzerland.
Decisive Battle against the counts of Habsburg.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Berish, Mayer, Chaim, Leibish, Ari, Hyman, Moishe, Moshe, Myer, Pinchas. German Hans, Armin, Berthold, Erwin, Frieda, Fritz, Fritzi, Ilse, Mathias, Otto, Siegmund, Wolfgang.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Läufer): occupational name for a messenger or a nickname for a fast runner, from an agent derivative of Middle High German loufen, German laufen ‘to run’.
German (also Läufer): habitational name for someone from a place called Lauf, Laufen, or Lauffen in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (see Lauf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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