When Elsbeth Krähenbühl was born in 1714, her father, Hans Kraehenbuehl, was 36 and her mother, Elsbeth Fischer, was 33. She married Daniel Burki about 1735, in Signau, Bern, Switzerland. She died on 19 March 1800, in Signau, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 86, and was buried in Signau, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
Some characteristic forenames: German Ulrich, Frieda.
Swiss German (Krähenbühl): habitational name from a place so named; the placename allegedly means ‘crow hill’ but more likely denotes a hill from which messages were relayed by shouting, from Middle High German kreiieren, kreigieren ‘to shout, shriek’. See also Krehbiel ; compare Crabill , Graybill , and Kraybill .
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