When Heinrich Gilg Fässler was born in 1687, in Unteriberg, Schwyz, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Adelrich Fässler, was 22 and his mother, Anna Katharina Marty, was 22. He died in 1735, at the age of 48.
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German (also Fässler): occupational name for a cooper, from Middle High German vaz, vezzel ‘keg’ (a diminutive of vaz ‘barrel’) + the agent suffix -er.
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