When Anna Barbara Vogt was born on 14 July 1782, in Mandach, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Rudolph Vogt, was 27 and her mother, Catharina Willen, was 36. She married Hans Henrich Weyerman on 16 October 1807, in Wynigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 24 December 1831, in Wynigen, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 49, and was buried in Wynigen, Bern, 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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Armin, Erna, Fritz, Gerhard, Gunter, Helmut, Alois, Erwin, Guenther.
German: occupational name for a reeve, a bailiff, a farm manager, or other person with supervisory authority, Middle High German voget, Late Latin vocatus, from Latin advocatus, past participle of advocare ‘to call upon (to help)’. The term originally denoted someone who appeared before a court on behalf of some party not permitted to make direct representations, often an ecclesiastical body which was not supposed to have any dealings with temporal authorities. In some parts of central Europe, the word came to mean ‘village headman’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Poland. See also Fath , Focht , Vaeth , Voigt , and Voit , compare Faught , Fought , Vaught , Voght , Voight , Vote , and Vought .
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