When Gottlieb Grob was born on 9 June 1861, in Ebnat, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Johann Jakob Grob, was 35 and his mother, Anna Elisabetha Brunner, was 31. He married Babette Braker on 4 October 1887, in Wattwil, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 12 November 1942, at the age of 81, and was buried in Switzerland.
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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 Elfriede, Erwin, Franz, Hans, Heinz, Markus.
German (Switzerland): nickname for a strong, heavy man, or for a lout, from Middle High German g(e)rop ‘coarse’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Yiddish grob, cognate with 1 above, which also means ‘fat’ and may have been applied in this sense.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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