When Hans Aeschlimann was born on 20 January 1760, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hans Aschlimann, was 49 and his mother, Barbara Balmer, was 43. He married Anna Barbara Kunz on 28 September 1781. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter.
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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.
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Americanized form of Swiss German Aeschlimann: topographic name for someone who lived near a (small) ash tree or ash wood, from Esche (Old High German asc) ‘ash’ + the diminutive suffix -li + -mann ‘man’, or perhaps a derivative of Öschli, a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Oswald . Compare Aschliman , Eschliman , Eshelman , and Eshleman .
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