Brief Life History of Melchior
When Melchior Schild was born in November 1742, in Wiler, Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Melchior Schild, was 59 and his mother, Magdalena Schild, was 36. He married Anna Schild on 29 January 1773, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. He died on 2 July 1826, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 83, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Melchior Schild, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Melcher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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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.
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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