When Johannes Reber was born on 24 January 1779, in Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Benedikt Reber, was 48 and his mother, Catharina Schneider, was 36. He married Magdalena Siegenthaler on 9 June 1798, in Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 13 December 1835, in his hometown, at the age of 56.
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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.
German, Alsatian, and Swiss German: occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner, from Middle High German rebe ‘vine’ + -er agent suffix. Compare Rebert 1.
German: variant of Rebert 2.
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