Cleopha Brunner

Female28 July 1765–17 May 1828

Brief Life History of Cleopha

Cleopha Brunner was born on 28 July 1765, in Aesch bei Birmensdorf, Zürich, Switzerland. She married Hans Heinrich Elliker on 6 November 1798. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 17 May 1828, at the age of 62.

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Family Time Line

Hans Heinrich Elliker
1775–1857
Cleopha Brunner
1765–1828
Marriage: 6 November 1798
Maria Magdalena Elliker
1799–
Gottfried Elliker
1801–
Kaspar Elliker
1808–1834

Sources (7)

  • A Kleophea Brunner, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Kleophea Brunner in entry for Caspar Elliker, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • A Cleophea Brunner in entry for Maria Magdalena Elliker, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 November 1798
  • Children (3)

    World Events (2)

    1798

    Age 33

    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.

    1800

    Age 35

    Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

    Name Meaning

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived beside a spring or well, Middle High German brun(ne), German Brunnen, or a habitational name for someone from a place so named with this word, for example the city of Brno in Moravia.

    English (Warwickshire): variant of Burner , itself a variant of Berner 2.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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