When Elsbeth Knecht was christened on 22 October 1769, in Wald, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jakob Knecht, was 37 and her mother, Anna Knecht, was 30. She died on 3 July 1831, at the age of 61.
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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.
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
German and Swiss German; Dutch (also De Knecht): occupational name for a journeyman, from Middle High German kneht, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch knecht ‘knight's assistant’, also ‘lad, servant’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace), Poland, and Czechia, where it is of German origin, and in Belgium.
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