Brief Life History of Regula
When Regula Billeter was born on 26 January 1740, in Männedorf, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Han Heinrich Billeter, was 23 and her mother, Barbara Keller, was 21. She married Heinrich Fierz on 2 June 1761. She died on 15 March 1795, at the age of 55.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Regula Bolleter, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Spouse and Children
1736– Male
1740–1795 Female
Children (6)
1762– Female
1765– Female
1766– Male
1768– Male
1770–1836 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1716–1786 Male
1718–1772 Female
Siblings (10)
1738–1796 Female
1740–1795 Female
1743–1827 Male
1745– Female
1747–1789 Female
+5 More Children
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.
Swiss German: habitational name for someone from Bilten (formerly Biliton) in the canton Glarus.
German: occupational name for a military quartermaster from French billet, here ‘certificate or voucher’ (held by soldiers to be given lodgings), a loanword dating back to the Thirty Years War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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