When Elisabeth Flükiger was born in 1786, in Rohrbach, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Flückiger, was 40 and her mother, Anna Maria Dennler, was 35. She married Johannes Ryser on 24 November 1805, in Rohrbach bei Huttwil, Rohrbach, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 8 October 1844, in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 58, and was buried in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Rudi.
German and Swiss German (Flückiger): habitational name for someone from a place near Bern, Switzerland, called Flückingen.
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