Alfred Gasser

Male15 September 1882–4 May 1949

Brief Life History of Alfred

When Alfred Gasser was born on 15 September 1882, in Rüderswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Gasser, was 37 and his mother, Verena Schweizer, was 35. He died on 4 May 1949, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Christian Gasser
1844–1924
Verena Schweizer
1846–1915
Maria Gasser
1872–
Friedrich Gasser
1873–1903
Rosette Gasser
1874–
Elise Gasser
1875–
Anna Gasser
1877–
Johann Gasser
1878–1951
Christian Gasser
1880–1958
Alfred Gasser
1882–1949
Gottlieb Gasser
1884–1968
Franz Gasser
1886–1938
Elisabeth Gasser
1888–

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    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (5)

    1914

    Age 32

    Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.

    1919

    Age 37

    Treaty of Versailles reaffirms Swiss neutrality.

    1920

    Age 38

    League's headquarters established in Geneva.

    Name Meaning

    German and Swiss German (also Gässer); Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in a side street or alley, from a derivative of Middle High German gazze, German Gasse, Yiddish gas. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and in Slovenia (see 3 below).

    English (Hampshire): unexplained.

    Slovenian: of German origin (see 1 above). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the Slovenized variant Gaser and possibly also Gasar.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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