Barbara Christen

Brief Life History of Barbara

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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Family Time Line

Caspar Aebi
1769–1836
Barbara Christen
1767–1837
Marriage: 29 January 1790
Elisabeth Aebi
1795–1796
Elisabeth Aebi
1798–1800
Johann Aebi
1801–1871
Anna Barbara Aebi
1804–1874
Jacob Aebi
1807–1861
Caspar Aebi
1811–

Sources (12)

  • Barbara Christen im Eintrag für Elisabeth Äbi, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Barbara Christen, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
  • Barbara Christen in entry for Jacob Aebi, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"

World Events (2)

1798

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.

1800

Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

Name Meaning

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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