When Benjamin Forster was born on 16 December 1747, in Altishausen, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jacob Forster, was 24 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Etter, was 22. He died on 26 January 1823, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Switzerland.
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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.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
English: shortened form of Forrester , an occupational name for someone who worked in a forest.
English: possibly a Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors or shears, cutler’. Compare Force and Forse .
German (mainly Förster): agent derivative of Middle High German forst ‘forest’, denoting someone who lived in or near a royal forest, or who worked in one (see Forst ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Foerster .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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