Jakob Signer

Brief Life History of Jakob

When Jakob Signer was born on 29 April 1891, in St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Signer, was 26 and his mother, Ida Etter, was 27. He married Emma Sophia Ida Hanten on 31 January 1919, in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He died on 26 November 1963, in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the age of 72.

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Jakob Signer
1891–1963
Emma Sophia Ida Hanten
1895–1966
Marriage: 31 January 1919

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    World Events (6)

    1914

    Switzerland organizes Red Cross units during World War I.

    1914

    Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

    1928

    St. Moritz, Switzerland hosts Winter Olympic Games.

    Name Meaning

    South German and Swiss German: habitational name for someone from Signau near Bern, Switzerland.

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