Brief Life History of Hans Heinrich
When Hans Heinrich Wagner was born on 14 January 1770, in Sternenberg, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Conrad Wagner, was 38 and his mother, Margareth Bosshardt, was 39. He married Regula Thalmann on 14 February 1792, in Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 21 February 1828, in his hometown, at the age of 58, and was buried in Switzerland.
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- Heinrich Wagner in entry for Regula Thalmann, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Heinrich Wagner in entry for Anna Magdalena Wagner, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Hs Heinr Wagner in entry for Felix Wagner, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (3)
1798
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.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Wägner): occupational name for a carter and (in some dialects) a cartwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wagen ‘cart, wagon’, German Wagen. This surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Britain, Poland, and Denmark. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wágner and Vágner. In Russia, Czechia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Slovakia it is also found in the Slavicized form Vagner . Compare Wagener , Waggener , and Wagoner .
Dutch and perhaps also English: occupational name from Middle Dutch waghenaer ‘carter’ (compare 1 above). The Dutch word is not known to have been borrowed into English before 1600 but the surname Wagner is recorded in Norfolk (England) from 1379, perhaps a substitution of the Dutch word for Middle English wainer. Compare Waggoner .
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