Barbara Karolina Wickli

Brief Life History of Barbara Karolina

When Barbara Karolina Wickli was born on 7 January 1841, in St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Johann Jacob Wickli, was 38 and her mother, Margaretha Haab, was 38. She married Johann Jakob Kocherhans in 1863, in Atlantic Ocean. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 26 April 1867, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 26.

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Family Time Line

Johann Jakob Kocherhans
1828–1895
Barbara Karolina Wickli
1841–1867
Marriage: 1863
Kocherhans
1866–1866
Jacob Providence Kocherhans
1867–1867

Sources (3)

  • Barbara Karolina Wickli, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Barbara Karolina Wickli -
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World Events (6)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

From Latin, meaning ‘foreign woman’ (a feminine form of barbarus ‘foreign’, from Greek, referring originally to the unintelligible chatter of foreigners, which sounded to the Greek ear like no more than bar-bar). St Barbara has always been one of the most popular saints in the calendar, although there is some doubt whether she ever actually existed. According to legend, she was imprisoned in a tower and later murdered by her father, who was then struck down by a bolt of lightning. Accordingly, she is the patron of architects, stonemasons, and fortifications, and of firework makers, artillerymen, and gunpowder magazines.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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