When Magdalena Schild was born in 1706, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Ulrich Schilt, was 36 and her mother, Margaretha Schild, was 11703. She married Melchior Schild in 1730, in Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 15 March 1786, in her hometown, at the age of 80.
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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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