When Barbara Christen was born on 16 June 1720, in Hasle bei Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hans Christen sen., was 30 and her mother, Elsbeth Haeni, was 30. She married Peter Iseli on 1 February 1742, in Hasle bei Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 7 November 1776, in her hometown, at the age of 56, and was buried in Hasle bei Burgdorf, Bern, Switzerland.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Ernst, Markus, Bernhard, Fritz, Gottlieb, Otto, Rudi, Ulrich, Urs.
German: from the personal name Christen, one of numerous vernacular forms of Latin Christianus (see Christian ).
American shortened form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German patronymic Christensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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