When Magdalena Brunner was born on 9 February 1777, in Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christian Brunner, was 38 and her mother, Magdalena Santschi, was 25. She had at least 4 sons and 6 daughters with Ulrich Frutiger. She died on 22 February 1830, in her hometown, at the age of 53.
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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.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived beside a spring or well, Middle High German brun(ne), German Brunnen, or a habitational name for someone from a place so named with this word, for example the city of Brno in Moravia.
English (Warwickshire): variant of Burner , itself a variant of Berner 2.
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