When Barbara Christen was christened on 16 August 1767, in Herzogenbuchsee, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christen Christen, was 26 and her mother, Barbara Saegesser, was 23. She married Caspar Aebi on 29 January 1790, in Wynigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 13 January 1837, in Heimiswil, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 69, and was buried in Heimiswil, Bern, Switzerland.
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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.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Ernst, Markus, Bernhard, Fritz, Gottlieb, Otto, Rudi, Ulrich, Urs.
German: from the personal name Christen, one of numerous vernacular forms of Latin Christianus (see Christian ).
American shortened form of Danish, Norwegian, or North German patronymic Christensen .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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