Maria Elisabeth Bracher

Brief Life History of Maria Elisabeth

When Maria Elisabeth Bracher was christened on 12 February 1792, in Madiswil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Joseph Bracher, was 38 and her mother, Elisabeth Jordi, was 38.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Bracher
1753–1839
Elisabeth Jordi
1754–1830
Elisabeth Bracher
1777–1844
Anna Barbara Bracher
1800–
Magdalena Bracher
1778–
Johannes Bracher
1784–
Anna Maria Bracher
1786–
Johann Jacob Bracher
1789–1848
Maria Elisabeth Bracher
1792–
Johannes Bracher
1797–1864

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  • Maria Elisabeth Bracher, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"

World Events (3)

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.

1848

Made capital 1848

Name Meaning

English: from an agent derivative of Middle English brech ‘land broken up for cultivation’ (Old English brǣc, brēc), denoting a dweller by newly cultivated land. Compare Brach 2 and Breach .

Swiss German: variant of German Brachmann (see Brachman ).

German: variant of Brach 1.

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

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