When Anna Margaretha Etter was born on 29 March 1725, in Birwinken, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Benjamin Etter, was 40 and her mother, Anna Elisabetha Streckeisen, was 33. She married Hans Jacob Forster on 21 May 1742, in Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters.
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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.
South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near the boundary fence of a village, from Middle High German eter ‘woven boundary fence’.
North German: from Middle Low German etter ‘uncle’ or ‘cousin’.
Swiss German: from Middle High German etter ‘cousin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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