Brief Life History of Madeleine
When Madeleine VUILLEUMIER was born on 31 March 1737, in Tramelan, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Abraham VUILLEUMIER, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth CHOFFAT, was 31. She married Pierre MATTHEZ in 1761, in Tramelan, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Marie Madelaine, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Madeleine Vuilleumier in entry for Marie Madeleine Matthez, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Madelaine Vuilleumier in entry for Pierre Louis Matthez, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (4)
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.
1848
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Name Meaning
The French form of the byname of a character in the New Testament, Mary Magdalene ‘Mary of Magdala’. Magdala was a village on Lake Galilee, a few miles north of Tiberias. The woman ‘which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities’ (Luke 8:2) was given this name in the Bible to distinguish her from other bearers of the very common name Mary . It was widely accepted in Christian folk belief that she was the same person as the repentant sinner who washed Christ's feet with her tears in the previous chapter (Luke 7), but there is no support in the text for this identification.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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