Anna Barbara Jäger

Female3 November 1760–29 December 1830

Brief Life History of Anna Barbara

When Anna Barbara Jäger was christened on 3 November 1760, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hanß Jacob Jäger, was 27 and her mother, Dorothea Hafen, was 24. She died on 29 December 1830, in her hometown, at the age of 70, and was buried in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland.

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Family Time Line

Hanß Jacob Jäger
1734–
Dorothea Hafen
1736–1786
Anna Barbara Jäger
1760–1830
Anna Elisabeht Jäger
1765–1767
Hans Jacob Jäger
1769–1848
Anna Magdalena Jäger
1777–1849

Sources (1)

  • Anna Barbara Jaeger, "Schweiz, Taufen, 1491-1940"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (2)

1798

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.

1800

Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Bernhard, Dieter, Gunter, Hans, Irmgard, Kurt, Wilhelm, Wolfgang.

German (also Jäger) and Jewish (Ashkenazic; Jäger); Dutch: occupational name for a hunter, from Middle High German jeger(e), Middle Low German jeger(e), Middle Dutch jagher ‘hunter’. See also Jaeger , compare Yager and Yauger .

Slovenian; Slovak (mainly Jáger, also Jäger): occupational name for a hunter, from jager (Slovak jáger), a colloquial loanword from Middle High German (see Jaeger ). This surname is also found in Czechia (also Jáger) and Croatia. Compare Yager .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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