When Elsbeth Theiler was born on 7 September 1673, in Spiez, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Theiler, was 47 and her mother, Anna Bischoff, was 41. She married Hans Muehlematter on 4 February 1693, in Spiez, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died in Switzerland, and was buried in Switzerland.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt.
Swiss German and German: from an agent derivative of Teilen ‘division, dividing’, an occupational name for someone responsible for supervising or acting in the division of merchandise (cutting up of cloth in merchants' chambers, an activity known as Teilen, apportioning the proceeds of cheese-making of a mountain dairy among the participants, etc.).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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