Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Bigler was born on 4 October 1853, in Vielbringen, Worb, Bern, Switzerland, her father, David Bigler, was 49 and her mother, Anna Hodel, was 27. She married Carl Ludwig Scheidegger on 20 February 1875, in Thun, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Strathcona, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1906. She died on 24 September 1918, in Bawlf, Camrose County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 64, and was buried in Bawlf, Camrose County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Annie Scheidegger in household of Charles Scheidegger, "Canada Census, 1906"
- Anna Bigler in entry for Johanna Maria Scheidegger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Anna Bigler, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
1869
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1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived by a curve in a street or river, or in a nook, from Middle High German biegel ‘nook, corner’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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