When Peter Schild was born on 13 November 1718, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Kaspar Schild, was 33 and his mother, Margreth Thomman, was 31. He married Barbara Schild on 20 November 1739, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 27 April 1781, in his hometown, at the age of 62, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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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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