Abraham Fankhauser

Brief Life History of Abraham

When Abraham Fankhauser was born in 1646, his father, Michel Fankhauser, was 47 and his mother, Barbara Wuethrich, was 44. He married Elsbeth Rothenbuehler on 8 October 1686, in Trub, Bern, Switzerland.

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Abraham Fankhauser
1646–
Elsbeth Rothenbuehler
1645–
Marriage: 8 October 1686

Sources (3)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Abraham Fankhauser - birth: 5 July 1646; Trub, Bern, Switzerland
  • Abraham Fanckhuser, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Abraham Fankhauser -

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World Events (1)

1648

All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Christoph, Erwin, Hanspeter, Kurt.

South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone living by a Fanghaus, literally ‘capture house’, a building or enclosure in which live animals captured by hunting or trapping were kept.

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

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