When Christian Schmutz was born on 31 March 1850, in Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Schmutz, was 44 and his mother, Anna Barbara Burkhard, was 43. He married Anna Maria Stettler on 29 November 1873, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 6 September 1923, in Zell, Lucerne, Switzerland, at the age of 73.
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Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.
Treaty of Versailles reaffirms Swiss neutrality.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Hans.
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a dirty or slovenly person, from German Schmutz ‘dirt’, Middle High German smuz.
South German: nickname for a cheerful person, from a noun derivative of Middle High German smutzen ‘to smile’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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