Brief Life History of Anna Barbara
When Anna Barbara Mast was born on 25 April 1762, in Dettighofen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Ludwig Mast, was 38 and her mother, Barbara Huber, was 32. She married Hans Rudolf Rutishauser on 21 August 1800, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 14 December 1814, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, at the age of 52, and was buried in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.
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- Anna Barbara Mast, "Switzerland Marriages, 1532-1910 "
- Anna Barbara Mall, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Anna Barbara Mast in entry for Hs Rüdolf Rütenschauser, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (3)
1798
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.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname from Middle High German mast ‘fat, stout’. Compare Maust .
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, from Middle Dutch mast ‘mast, swine fodder’.
Dutch (Van der Mast and Van de Mast): topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns (see 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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