Anna Barbara Blau

Brief Life History of Anna Barbara

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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Family Time Line

Andreas Flückiger
1728–1785
Anna Barbara Blau
1735–
Marriage: 26 November 1756
Anna Barbara Flückiger
1758–1817
Hans Flückiger
1759–
Maria Flückiger
1760–1835
Jacob Flückiger
1761–1810
Andreas Flückiger
1763–1764
Christina Flückiger
1764–1828
Andreas Flückiger
1765–1848
Elisabeth Flückiger
1767–
Jost Flückiger
1768–1845
Rosina Flückiger
1771–1829
Verena Flückiger
1774–1775
Sebastian Flückiger
1776–1830
Ulrich Flückiger
1779–1804
Friedrich Flückiger
1782–1853

Sources (16)

  • Anna Barbara Blau in entry for Friedrich Flükiger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Bäbi Blauw in entry for Maria Flückiger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Anna Barbara Brauw in entry for Rosina Flückiger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"

World Events (4)

1798

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.

1800

Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

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.

Name Meaning

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).

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

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