Brief Life History of Elisabetha
When Elisabetha Schild was born on 26 March 1816, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Peter Schild, was 26 and her mother, Margaretha Kuster, was 31. She married Caspar Stähli on 23 November 1838, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 3 January 1890, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 73.
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- Elisabeth Schils in entry for Elisabeth Stähli, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Elisabet Schild, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Elisabeth Schild in entry for Kaspar Stähli, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1848
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.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
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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