Anna Barbara Blau was born about 1735, in Huttwil, Bern, Switzerland. She married Andreas Flückiger on 26 November 1756, in Dürrenroth, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters.
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Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Arnon, Binyamin, Shulem, Zalmen, Akiva, Chaim, Dov, Emanuel, Gavriel, Hersch, Hyman, Isador. German Kurt, Eugen, Gerda, Otto, Alfons, Ernst, Inge, Siegfried.
German: from Middle High German blā ‘blue’ (Old High German blāo), applied as a nickname with various senses: someone who habitually wore blue clothes, a dyer, someone with blue eyes, a sickly or pale person, someone with a bluish complexion resulting from poor circulation, etc.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German blau ‘blue’ (see 1 above).
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