Catharina Bichsel

Femaleabout 1710–

Brief Life History of Catharina

Catharina Bichsel was born about 1710, in Sumiswald, Bern, Switzerland. She married Joseph Muehlematter on 6 March 1733. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Muehlematter
1705–1763
Catharina Bichsel
about 1710–
Jakob Muehlematter
1733–
Jacob maurer Mülimatter
1734–1793
Anna Muehlematter
1736–1804
Barbara Muehlematter
1736–1817

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    Children (4)

    World Events (3)

    1798

    Age 88

    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

    Age 90

    Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.

    1803

    Age 93

    "Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."

    Name Meaning

    Swiss German: cognate of German Büchsel, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of small boxes or a woodworker, from a diminutive of Middle High German bühse ‘box’.

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

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