Brief Life History of Magdalena
When Magdalena Fankhauser was born on 1 December 1843, in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christian Fankhauser, was 47 and her mother, Elisabeth Blaser, was 33. She married Ulrich Pfaeffli in 1868. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.
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- Magdalena Frankhauser, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Magdalena Fankhauser, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Magdalena Fankhauser, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 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
1914
Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Christoph, Erwin, Hanspeter, Kurt.
South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone living by a Fanghaus, literally ‘capture house’, a building or enclosure in which live animals captured by hunting or trapping were kept.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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