Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Balmer III-10.2 was born on 23 September 1843, in Wilderswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter V Balmer III-9.1, was 26 and his mother, Margaretha Abegglen, was 25. He married Elisabeth von Allmen on 27 January 1872. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He died on 20 December 1899, at the age of 56.
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- Christian Balmer, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Christian Balmer, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Christian Balmer, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 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.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: occupational name for a seller of perfumes and balms, from a Middle English balmer, baumer ‘seller of balsam or ointment’, an agent derivative of Middle English balme, baume ‘balm, balsam; any aromatic or soothing ointment’ (Old French basme, balme, baume; Latin balsamum ‘aromatic resin’).
South German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from any of the places in Switzerland and Baden called Balm, which almost certainly get their names from a Celtic word meaning ‘cave’.
German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Baldemar, composed of the elements bald ‘bold’ + mar ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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