When Catharina Aeschlimann was born on 20 December 1724, in Heimiswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hans Aeschlimann, was 41 and her mother, Christina Ryser, was 38.
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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.
Americanized form of Swiss German Aeschlimann: topographic name for someone who lived near a (small) ash tree or ash wood, from Esche (Old High German asc) ‘ash’ + the diminutive suffix -li + -mann ‘man’, or perhaps a derivative of Öschli, a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Oswald . Compare Aschliman , Eschliman , Eshelman , and Eshleman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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