When Anna Holz was born on 2 August 1789, in Kilchberg, Zürich, Switzerland, her father, Johann Heinrich Hotz, was 47 and her mother, Cleophea Günthard, was 42. She married Hans Jacob Bleuler on 20 January 1823, in Kilchberg, Zürich, Switzerland. She died on 2 January 1845, in her hometown, at the age of 55.
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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 Kurt, Hans, Dieter, Erna, Fritz, Gunther, Manfred, Otto, Ulrich, Bernhard, Erhardt, Erwin.
German: topographic name for a forest dweller, from Middle High German holz ‘wood, copse’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Holz ‘wood’, either an artificial name or a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter or someone who sold wood.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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