Heinrich Ludwig Burri

Male14 November 1847–6 May 1888

Brief Life History of Heinrich Ludwig

When Heinrich Ludwig Burri was born on 14 November 1847, in Saint-Imier, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Heinrich Buri, was 23 and his mother, Marie Anne Zélinda Clémence, was 28. He married Elisabeth Schneider on 5 November 1870, in Saint-Imier, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 6 May 1888, in his hometown, at the age of 40.

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Family Time Line

Heinrich Ludwig Burri
1847–1888
Elisabeth Ruchti
1849–1926
Marriage: 1 March 1873
Elise Bertha Buri
1873–1874
Elise Buri
1874–
Jules Henri Buri
1876–1877
Bertha Elise Buri
1877–
Emma Marie Buri
1878–1958
Fritz Heinrich Buri
1879–1879
Luise Bertha Buri
1880–1880
Ida Buri
1881–
Johann Ludwig Buri
1882–
Julius Albert Buri
1883–1886
Rosa Buri
1885–1885
Louis Albert Buri
1886–
Julius Heinrich Buri
1887–1947
Anna Buri
1888–1888
Marie Buri
1888–1888

Sources (18)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Heinrich Louis Buri - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Heinrich Louis Buri
  • Heinrich Ludwig Buri in entry for Elise Bertha Buri, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Henri Louis Burri, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 March 1873Saint-Imier, Bern, Switzerland
  • Children (15)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (3)

    1848

    Age 1

    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.

    1848

    Age 1

    Made capital 1848

    1863

    Age 16

    Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Erna, Hans.

    Swiss German: from a pet form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart ).

    Albanian: nickname from burrë (definite form burri) ‘man’, figuratively ‘brave man’, ‘man of his word’, and ‘distinguished person’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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