When Jacob Rohner was born on 23 February 1752, in Walzenhausen, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Rohner, was 42 and his mother, Barbara Sturzenegger, was 26. He married Elisabeth Keller on 4 April 1773, in Rebstein, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He died on 19 April 1818, at the age of 66.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Erwin, Fritz, Hans, Hedwig, Horst.
Swiss German and German:
habitational name for someone from any of various places called Rohne, Rohna, or Ronau (see Rohn 2).
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