When Catherina Grossenbacher was born on 7 February 1814, in Affoltern im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Grossenbacher, was 41 and her mother, Christina Meister, was 41. She had at least 1 daughter. She died on 15 March 1895, at the age of 81.
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New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
Made capital 1848
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Some characteristic forenames: German Franz, Frieda, Klaus.
Swiss German: habitational name for someone from a lost place called Grossenbach in Switzerland.
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