Luzia Obrecht was born about 5 May 1781, in Sevelen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland as the daughter of Ulrich Obrecht and Christina Pfiffner. She married Nicolaus Tischhauser on 17 November 1803, in Sevelen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 6 June 1825, in her hometown, at the age of 44, and was buried in Sevelen, Sankt Gallen, 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.
German and Swiss German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ōd ‘possession’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. Alternatively, a variant of Albrecht . This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace). Compare Obert 1.
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