Brief Life History of Kaspar
When Kaspar Schild was born in September 1745, in Wiler, Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Melchior Schild, was 62 and his mother, Magdalena Schild, was 39. He married Verena Schild on 5 February 1773, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 November 1820, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 75, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Caspar Schilt, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Caspar Schild, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Caspar, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (3)
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.
1803
Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his "mediation".
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Manfred, Johannes, Otto, Ewald, Gerda, Hans, Helmuth, Ilse.
German, Swiss German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt ‘shield’. Compare Schield .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schild ‘shield, (house) sign’, applied either as an artificial name or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign. Compare Rothschild .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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