Brief Life History of Christen
When Christen Beusch was born on 26 January 1777, in Buchs, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Leonhard Beusch, was 47 and his mother, Anna Muentener, was 23. He married Dorothea Seifert on 23 May 1798, in Buchs, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 18 March 1863, at the age of 86.
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- Christian Bruschen, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Christian Büsch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Christian Büsch, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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World Events (5)
1798
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.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname from Middle High German kiusche ‘pure, chaste’; given the word's more extensive meaning in the Middle Ages, ‘gentle, moderate, good tempered’, a religious purity may well have been implied.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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