When Niklaus Gutjahr was born on 29 January 1702, in Rohrbachgraben, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Niklaus Gutjahr, was 28 and his mother, Susanna Schmutz, was 25. He married Verena Zulliger on 23 November 1724, in Rohrbach, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 22 April 1764, at the age of 62.
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German and Swiss German: nickname for someone born on New Year's Day, from a New Year's greeting meaning ‘Good year’. Compare Goodyear .
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