When Margaret Banwart was born in March 1620, in Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Adam Banwart, was 20 and her mother, Eva Seilerin, was 20. She married Hans Wolfensberger on 28 April 1635, in Wetzikon, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 23 September 1669, in Ettenhausen, Wetzikon, Zürich, Switzerland, at the age of 49, and was buried in Ettenhausen, Wetzikon, Zürich, Switzerland.
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German: occupational name for a field or forest ranger, Middle High German banwart, from ban ‘restricted area’ (see Bann ) + wart ‘warden’.
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