When Heinrich Schild was born in September 1748, in Schwanden bei Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Schilt, was 38 and his mother, Barbara Thoeni, was 37. He married Magdalena Kienholz on 30 September 1768, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 15 December 1806, in his hometown, at the age of 58.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Manfred, Johannes, Otto, Ewald, Gerda, Hans, Helmuth, Ilse.
German, Swiss German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt ‘shield’. Compare Schield .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schild ‘shield, (house) sign’, applied either as an artificial name or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign. Compare Rothschild .
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