When Barbara Studler Stender was born on 1 January 1750, in Krattigen, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christian Stender, was 51 and her mother, Elizabeth Rosser, was 51. She married David Augsburger in August 1772. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 22 April 1819, in Renan, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 69, and was buried in Renan, Bern, Switzerland.
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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 Alois, Gerhard, Hans, Otto, Alfons, Ernst, Erwin, Franz, Fritz, Heiner, Johann, Kurt.
German: from a derivative of Middle High German stadel ‘barn, granary, storage building’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a barn or granary, or an occupational name for an official who was responsible for receiving tithes into the manorial storehouse. This surname is also occasionally borne by Ashkenazic Jews. It is also found in Hungary, France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, and Slovenia (see also 3 below).
German: habitational name for someone from Stadl or Stadel (Germany, Switzerland, Austria).
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