Brief Life History of Johann Andreas
When Johann Andreas Huber was born on 31 October 1805, in Horben bei Frauenfeld, Buch bei Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Heinrich Huber, was 41 and his mother, Catharina Neünschwander, was 43. He married Anna Wehrli on 21 October 1827, in Uesslingen-Buch, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. His occupation is listed as farber in Bual, Përmet, Qarku Gjirokastër, Albania. He died on 20 September 1869, in Uesslingen-Buch, Thurgau, Switzerland, at the age of 63, and was buried in Uesslingen-Buch, Thurgau, Switzerland.
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- Johann Andreas Huber, "Switzerland, Marriages, 1532-1910 "
- Joh Andreas Huber in entry for Joh Andreas Huber, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Andreasen in entry for Andreas Huber, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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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.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Franz, Alois, Fritz, Helmut, Mathias, Oskar, Wilhelm, Dieter.
Swiss German and German (also Hüber): status name based on Middle High German huobe, a measure of land, varying in size at different periods and in different places, but always of considerable extent, appreciably larger than the holding of the average peasant. The surname usually denotes a holder or owner of this amount of land, who would have been a prosperous small farmer and probably one of the leading men of his village. This surname is also found in other central European countries, for example Poland and Slovenia. See also Hoffner , compare Hueber .
Dutch: variant of Hubert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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