When Jacob Schiess was born on 24 August 1614, in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, his father, Jakob Schiess, was 38 and his mother, Weibratha Alder, was 37. He married Anna Staub on 5 October 1634, in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 25 December 1678, in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, at the age of 64, and was buried in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.
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All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Klaus, Otto, Ulrich.
German: probably a variant of Schiesser .
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