Brief Life History of Hans Jörg
When Hans Jörg Walder was born on 10 January 1684, in Sirnach, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jageli Walder, was 25 and his mother, Cathrina Schuepp, was 28. He married Margretha Gamper on 27 January 1709, in Sirnach, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in Thurgau, Switzerland.
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- Hans Jörg Walder, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Hannss Jörg Walder, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Hs. Jörg Walder, „Schweiz Heiraten, 1532-1910 “
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World Events (2)
1798
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.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
Name Meaning
English (Sussex): from Middle English walder, welder, wolder ‘dweller in the wooded region or upland’. Compare Waldman 3. This type of formation, where the suffix -er is added to a topographic term, is mainly found in southern England, especially in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.
English (Sussex): from the Middle English personal name Walder (Old English Wealdhere, from weald ‘power, rule’ + here ‘army’), the English counterpart of the Norman French name which gives rise to the much more frequent Walter .
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Wald, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a forest or wood, Middle High German walt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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