Barbara Künzler

Brief Life History of Barbara

When Barbara Künzler was born on 16 November 1729, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Anthoni Küenzler, was 55 and her mother, Ursula Künzler, was 25. She married Jacob Rüsch on 31 May 1763, in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 21 January 1815, in her hometown, at the age of 85, and was buried in Sankt Margrethen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Rüsch
1709–1765
Barbara Künzler
1729–1815
Marriage: 31 May 1763
Barbara
1763–1763
Barbara Rüesch
1764–1810
Ursula
1766–1769

Sources (10)

  • Barbara Künzleri, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Barbara Künzler, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Babr Künzler, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“

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World Events (2)

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Markus, Wilhelm.

nickname for a flatterer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German künzen ‘to flatter’.

patronymic from Kunzel, see Kunzelman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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