When Elisabeth Rohner was born on 6 November 1844, in Schwellbrunn, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, her father, Wilhelm Rohner, was 45 and her mother, Anna Katharina Knellwolf, was 39. She married Johannes Frischknecht in 1866. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 8 September 1911, at the age of 66.
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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.
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Erwin, Fritz, Hans, Hedwig, Horst.
Swiss German and German:
habitational name for someone from any of various places called Rohne, Rohna, or Ronau (see Rohn 2).
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