When Magdalena Sauser was born on 12 November 1790, in Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Peter Sauser, was 24 and her mother, Magdalena Rupp, was 24. She married Daniel von Gunten on 19 November 1810, in Sigriswil, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 April 1822, at the age of 31.
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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.
Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his "mediation".
German: nickname for a clumsy or irascible person, from Middle High German sūsen ‘to move noisily’.
English: occupational name from Middle English saucer ‘maker or seller of sauces’ (Old French saucier, saussier). This surname has now died out in Britain.
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