When Anna Thiersten was born about 1505, in Schwarzenegg, Unterlangenegg, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Matthias Thiersten, was 16 and her mother, Maria M Zucker, was 16. She had at least 3 sons with Stefan Kropf.
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Switzerland is a loose confederacy of 13 cities and small valley communities dominating the rest of the country. A few families control state affairs. Several rebellions put down by military force: repressed aspects of history in a country so proud of it's tradition of democracy.
variant of Anne , in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido , Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
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