Brief Life History of Catharina
When Catharina Iff was born in 1585, in Rohrbach, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hans Iff, was 21 and her mother, Barbara Nyfeler, was 24. She married Ueli Waelchli on 9 October 1606, in Madiswil, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Marriage of Uli Wälchli & Cathrina Yff, 1606. Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-GXLR-K?cc=1640373&wc=M59F-PTP%3A125783201%2C130115001%2C125782803%2C130124401
- Catharina Yff, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Catharina Iff, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Isadore.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name from Hebrew ziv ‘brilliance, charm’. Compare Siff and Ziv .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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