Brief Life History of Barbara
Barbara Schild was born in September 1700, in Switzerland. She married Jacob von Bergen on 5 November 1722, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 17 August 1772, in Oberried am Brienzersee, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 71, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Barbara Schilt, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Barbara Schilt in entry for Caspar, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Babi Schilt, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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Name Meaning
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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