When Magdalena Schild was born in 1733, in Brienzwiler, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Melchior Schild, was 77 and her mother, Magdalena Schild, was 27. She married Peter Schild on 19 November 1756, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 26 December 1811, in her hometown, at the age of 78, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
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 .
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