Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Eymann II was born in February 1791, in Scharnachtal, Reichenbach im Kandertal, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Jakob Eymann I, was 37 and his mother, Verena von Känel, was 30. He married Susanna Wiedmer on 27 September 1817, in Därstetten, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 16 February 1858, in Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 67, and was buried in Zwischenflüh, Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Diemtigen - Death - Toten, Index 1713-1875
- Gottfried Cÿmann, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Johannsen in entry for Jakob Zimmer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (4)
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.
1848
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Hans.
German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements agi ‘point, edge (of a sword)’ + man ‘man’. Compare Eyman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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