Christian Fischer

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Fischer was christened on 22 July 1778, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Melchior Fischer, was 44 and his mother, Magdalena Balmer, was 46. He died on 24 July 1780, at the age of 2, and was buried in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland.

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Family Time Line

Melchior Fischer
1733–1811
Magdalena Balmer
1732–1811
Melchior Fischer
1757–
Abraham Fischer
1759–1817
Peter Fischer
1760–
Joseph Fischer
1761–1761
Heinrich Fischer
1763–1817
Magdalena Fischer
1764–
Magdalena Fischer
1767–1767
Jacob Fischer
1768–
Anna Fischer
1770–1770
Johannes Fischer
1771–
Magdalena Fischer
1773–1846
Christian Fischer
1776–1778
Christian Fischer
1778–1780
Christian Fischer
1781–1806

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Christian Fischer - Church record: death:
  • Christian Fischer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.

German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .

Scottish: variant of Fisher .

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

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