When Hans Gilgen was born on 25 June 1727, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hans Gilgen, was 32 and his mother, Elsbeth Schneiter, was 38. He had at least 4 sons and 1 daughter with Maria Hofmann. He died on 4 February 1812, at the age of 84, and was buried in Rüeggisberg, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
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 ).
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