Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Schiltknecht was born on 2 October 1640, in Horben, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Schiltknecht, was 30 and her mother, Maria Buechi, was 26. She married Johannes Graf on 23 April 1665, in Bichelsee, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 February 1687, at the age of 46.
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- Aneli Elietknecht, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Aneli Schiltknecht, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"
- Anna Schilltknaecht, "Schweiz, Heiraten, 1532-1910 "
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1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Name Meaning
German: occupational name for the page or squire of a knight, who was responsible for his armor and his horse, from Middle High German schilt ‘shield’ + knecht ‘boy, servant’. Compare Shelnutt .
History: The surname Schildknecht was brought to North America by various immigrants from Germany. But descendants of the first immigrant with this name bear altered forms of the name (see Shelnutt ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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