Brief Life History of Margarethe
When Margarethe Schild was born in 1739, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Caspar Henrich Schild, was 30 and her mother, Elisbeth Abplanalp, was 27. She married Johannes ImBaumgarten on 11 November 1763, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 29 July 1787, in Hofstetten Belpberg, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 48.
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- Margreth Schilt in entry for Hanns Baumgarter, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Margreth Schilt in entry for Hanns Baumgarten, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Margreth Schildt in entry for Margreth Baumgarten, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Manfred, Johannes, Otto, Ewald, Gerda, Hans, Helmuth, Ilse.
German, Swiss German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt ‘shield’. Compare Schield .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schild ‘shield, (house) sign’, applied either as an artificial name or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign. Compare Rothschild .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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