Brief Life History of Ursula
When Ursula Eigenheer was born on 4 November 1683, in Grossandelfingen, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Adam Eigenheer, was 41 and her mother, Ursula Fisler, was 29.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Ursula Eygenher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
Parents and Siblings
1642– Male
1655– Female
Siblings (7)
1668–1679 Male
1671–1728 Female
1674– Female
1676–1683 Female
1678– Male
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World Events (2)
1798
Age 115
1800
Age 117
Name Meaning
From the Latin name Ursula, a diminutive of ursa ‘(she-)bear’. This was the name of a 4th-century saint martyred at Cologne with a number of companions, traditionally said to have been eleven thousand, but more probably just eleven, the exaggeration being due to a misreading of a diacritic mark in an early manuscript. This name was moderately popular in the 16th century, but its use in the English-speaking world today is selective. A more recent influence has been the film actress Ursula Andress ( b. 1936 in Switzerland).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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