When Barbara Blatter was born on 1 May 1782, in Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, her father, Wilhelm Blatter, was 48 and her mother, Anna Faesaler, was 34. She married Johann Jacob Rohner on 24 September 1805. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 10 February 1846, at the age of 63, and was buried in Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.
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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""."
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Ernst, Erwin, Ewald, Fritz, Lothar.
South German and Swiss German:
topographic name for someone who lived on a plateau, from Middle High German plate, blate ‘flat surface, plateau’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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