Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Bäer was born on 10 December 1786, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Georg Bär, was 37 and his mother, Anna Rothenschauser, was 31. He married Anna Rutishauser on 6 December 1814, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- Johannes Bär, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Hans Bär in entry for Anna Rutershauser, "Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875"
- Johannes Baer, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"
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World Events (4)
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.
1848
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Name Meaning
German (also Bär): from Middle High German ber ‘bear’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases it may derive from a personal name containing this element. Compare Bar 2.
Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Bär): from the Yiddish male personal name Ber, from Yiddish ber ‘bear’. Compare Bar 1.
Germanized form (also Bär) of Sorbian Běr: see Bar 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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