When Christian Frey was born in November 1636, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christen Frey, was 29 and his mother, Madlena Wittwer, was 30. He married Sara Räber about 1657, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Swiss German and German: status name for a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf, in the feudal system, from Middle High German vrī ‘free, independent’. This surname is also found in Hungary, Poland, and especially in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Free and Frei .
English: variant of Fray .
History: This surname (see 1 above) is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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