Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Fischbacher was born on 6 November 1861, in Hemberg, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Abraham Fischbacher, was 29 and his mother, Anna Barbara Fischbacher, was 20. He died on 23 May 1865, at the age of 3, and was buried in St. Peterzell, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland.
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- Abraham Fischbacher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Abraham Fischbacher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
Biblical name, borne by the first of the Jewish patriarchs, with whom God made a covenant that his descendants should possess the land of Canaan. The Hebrew form is Avraham, and is of uncertain derivation. In Genesis 17:5 it is explained as ‘father of a multitude (of nations)’ (Hebrew av hamon (goyim). It has always been a popular Jewish given name, and was also chosen by Christians, especially by Puritans and other fundamentalists from the 16th century onwards. Various early saints of the Eastern Roman Empire also bore this name. Its currency in the United States was greatly enhanced by the fame of President Abraham Lincoln ( 1809–65 ).
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