Brief Life History of Samuel Friedrich
When Samuel Friedrich Sessing was born on 11 September 1766, in Jerusalem, Neuwedell, Arnswalde, Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany, his father, Philip Nicolaus Sessing, was 39 and his mother, Anna Sophia Elizabeth Wuelffert, was 27. He married Caroline Christine Wilhelmine Staude on 26 December 1799, in Offenbach am Main, Offenbach, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1809, in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland, at the age of 44, and was buried in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland.
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- Samuel Friedrich Lessing, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Samuel Friedrich Jesfine, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Samuel Friedrich Sessing, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (3)
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.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a brazier, from Middle High German messinc ‘brass’ (see Messinger 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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