Brief Life History of Andreas
When Andreas Bracher was born in 1799, his father, Peter Bracher, was 40 and his mother, Anna Maria Reist, was 36. He married Susanna Fuhrer in 1824, in Trub, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 March 1873, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Andreas Bracher, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Andreas in entry for Johannes Hänni, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Andresen in entry for Susanna Bracher Fuhrer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
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.
Name Meaning
English: from an agent derivative of Middle English brech ‘land broken up for cultivation’ (Old English brǣc, brēc), denoting a dweller by newly cultivated land. Compare Brach 2 and Breach .
Swiss German: variant of German Brachmann (see Brachman ).
German: variant of Brach 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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