Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Haupt was christened on 23 March 1679, in Schlieren, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Haupt, was 25 and his mother, Anna Siber, was 25.
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- Jacob Haubt, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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1798
Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German houbet, German Haupt ‘head’; generally, a descriptive nickname for someone with a big head, or perhaps a designation of the head of a guild or other group. It is also recorded in the Upper Rhine area as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named for its sign of a head. Compare Houpt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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