When Christina Gilgen was born about 1730, in Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hans Gilgen, was 37 and her mother, Elsbeth Schneiter, was 42. She married Albrecht Geissbühler about 1755, in Rüeggisberg, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters.
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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.
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
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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