Catharina Bachmann was born in February 1655, in Buchholterberg, Bern, Switzerland as the daughter of Michel Bachman and Anna Gerber. She married Peter Wyss about 1681, in Oberdiessbach, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Heinz, Kurt, Johannes, Otto, Beate, Benno, Dieter, Dietmar, Elke, Ewald, Franz.
German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Middle High German bach ‘stream’ + man ‘man’. Compare Bachman , Backman , and Baughman .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Bachman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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