Brief Life History of Elisabeth
When Elisabeth Wenger was christened on 10 June 1798, in Röthenbach im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christian Wenger, was 33 and her mother, Anna Haldimann, was 30. She married Johannes Schütz in 1815. She died on 19 December 1877, at the age of 79.
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- Elisabeht Wenger, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Elisabeth Wenger, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19582-65031-6
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World Events (5)
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his "mediation".
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:
habitational name for someone from any of various places in Bavaria, Austria, and Switzerland named Weng, Wengen or Wangen.
topographic name from South German Wang or Weng denoting a grass-covered slope.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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