Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Gilgen was born on 13 April 1801, in Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Gilgen, was 27 and his mother, Anna Spycher, was 22. He married Barbara Freiburghaus on 22 June 1819, in Rüeggisberg, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons. He died on 25 August 1856, at the age of 55, and was buried in Rüeggisberg, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Johann, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Johannes Ilien, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Johannes Gilgen, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
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.
1848
Made capital 1848
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz.
German and Swiss German: habitational name from the inflected form of a house name meaning ‘at the lily’, based on Middle High German lilge, gilge ‘lily’, or from a place called Sankt Ägidi, near Passau, for instance (compare Gilger ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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