Brief Life History of Jakob
When Jakob Flükiger was born on 13 July 1814, in Rohrbachgraben, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Jakob Friedrich Flükiger, was 30 and his mother, Anna Barbara Haueter, was 24. He married Rosina Horisberger on 25 January 1839. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 22 June 1868, in Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 53, and was buried in Lotzwil, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Jakob, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jakob in entry for Jakob Flückiger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Jakob Flückiger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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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.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Rudi.
German and Swiss German (Flückiger): habitational name for someone from a place near Bern, Switzerland, called Flückingen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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