When David Augsburger was born on 18 July 1743, in Corgémont, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Augsburger, was 37 and his mother, Maria Gerber, was 35. He married Barbara Studler Stender in August 1772. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died before 1819.
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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.
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Lorenz.
German: habitational name for someone from the city of Augsburg in Bavaria, named as the city (burg) of the Roman Emperor Augustus, in whose reign it was founded.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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