Brief Life History of Jakob
When Jakob Roth was born on 31 March 1799, in Eriz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Ulrich Roth, was 33 and his mother, Magdalena Bieri, was 32. He married Elisabetha Kuenzi on 19 August 1821, in Oberdiessbach, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 November 1863, at the age of 64, and was buried in Thun, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Jakob, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jakob, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jakob im Eintrag für Margaritha Roth Amsuz, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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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".
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
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair, from Middle High German rōt, German rot ‘red’. As a Jewish name it is at least in part artificial: its frequency as a Jewish surname is disproportionate to the number of Jews who, one may reasonably assume, were red-headed during the period of surname adoption. This form of the German surname (especially in this sense and in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), where it is most common, and in some other European countries, e.g. Czechia and Croatia.
German and English (Middlesex): topographic name for someone who lived on land that had been cleared, from Old High German rod, Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’. In England, the name may also be a habitational name from any of the places like Rothend in Ashdon (Essex), Roe End in Markyate (Hertfordshire), Roe Green in Hatfield (Hertfordshire), or Roe Green in Sandon (Hertfordshire).
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’. Compare Rode 1, Ross 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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