When Franz Xaver Scherer was born on 1 July 1795, in Kirchdorf, Obersiggenthal, Aargau, Switzerland, his father, Johann Evangelist Scherer, was 30 and his mother, Maria Anna Spuhler, was 32. He married Maria Nothburga Senn on 27 January 1818, in Kirchdorf, Obersiggenthal, Aargau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 21 November 1871, in his hometown, at the age of 76.
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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.
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.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a sheep-shearer or someone who used scissors to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle High German scherer, German Scherer, Yiddish sherer, agent derivatives of Middle High German scheren ‘to shear’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Sharer 2, Sharrer , and Shearer 2.
Dutch and Flemish: cognate of 1 above, from Middle Dutch sc(h)errer ‘cutter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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