When Elisabeth Bracher was born about 1777, in Bern, Switzerland, her father, Joseph Bracher, was 25 and her mother, Elisabeth Jordi, was 24. She married Jakob Neuenschwander on 14 October 1803, in Thunstetten, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 31 December 1844, in Langnau im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 68, and was buried in Langenthal, 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.
English: from an agent derivative of Middle English brech ‘land broken up for cultivation’ (Old English brǣc, brēc), denoting a dweller by newly cultivated land. Compare Brach 2 and Breach .
Swiss German: variant of German Brachmann (see Brachman ).
German: variant of Brach 1.
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