When Elie CHARPIÉ was born on 22 December 1725, in Bévilard, Valbirse, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Philippe Charpié, was 25 and his mother, Anne Girardin, was 32. He married Marguerithe Grandguenin on 28 November 1754, in Bévilard, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
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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.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
Scottish: probably an occupational name, a Shetland dialect form of Middle English chapper ‘merchant’.
History: A merchant surnamed Chappie is recorded in 17th-century Shetland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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