Brief Life History of Felix
When Felix Schindler was born in 1843, in Wattwil, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Schindler, was 29 and his mother, Maria Angelika Pfeiffer, was 28. He married Anna Buechi on 24 October 1868, in Gachnang, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He died in 1919, at the age of 76.
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- Felix Schindler, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Felix Büchi in entry for Anna Meta Schindler, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Felix in entry for Kaspar Müller, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1848
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
1914
Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Guenter, Reinhardt, Frieda, Horst, Rainer, Bernhard, Florian, Fritz, Gerd.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for someone who made or laid wooden roof tiles, from an agent derivative of Middle High German schindel, German Schindel ‘shingle’.
South German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Schindel or Schindeln (see Schindel ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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