Brief Life History of Hans Jacob
When Hans Jacob Huber was born on 28 February 1741, in Sulgen, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Konrad Huber, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Fisch, was 31. He married Anna Barbara Hälg on 18 February 1772. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 18 March 1811, at the age of 70, and was buried in Sulgen, Thurgau, Switzerland.
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- Hans Jacob Huober, "Switzerland Marriages, 1532-1910 "
- Jakob, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Jacob Huber, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Franz, Alois, Fritz, Helmut, Mathias, Oskar, Wilhelm, Dieter.
Swiss German and German (also Hüber): status name based on Middle High German huobe, a measure of land, varying in size at different periods and in different places, but always of considerable extent, appreciably larger than the holding of the average peasant. The surname usually denotes a holder or owner of this amount of land, who would have been a prosperous small farmer and probably one of the leading men of his village. This surname is also found in other central European countries, for example Poland and Slovenia. See also Hoffner , compare Hueber .
Dutch: variant of Hubert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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