Brief Life History of Melchior
When Melchior Schild was born in 1683, his father, Caspar Schild, was 28 and his mother, Margaretha AmAcher, was 24. He had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Magdalena Schild. He died on 25 March 1758, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 75, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Melchior in entry for Caspar Schild, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Melchior in entry for Melchior Schild, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Melchior Schilt in entry for Caspar, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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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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