Anna Margaretha Mast

Brief Life History of Anna Margaretha

When Anna Margaretha Mast was born on 20 March 1764, in Landschlacht, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jakob Mast, was 33 and her mother, Anna Margaretha Forster, was 24. She married Hans Jacob Schilling on 14 February 1797, in Ermatingen, Thurgau, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 4 February 1830, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Hans Jacob Schilling
1751–
Anna Margaretha Mast
1764–1830
Marriage: 14 February 1797
Anna Margareta Schilling
1798–1800
Anna Catharina Schilling
1799–
Schilling
1801–1801
Schilling
1804–1804
Schilling
1805–1805

Sources (18)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Anna Margaretha Mast - Individual or family possessions: birth: 20 March 1764; Landschlacht, Thurgau, Switzerland
  • A. Margaretha Mast, "Switzerland Marriages, 1532-1910  "
  • A Margar Mast, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“

World Events (3)

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.

1803

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

Name Meaning

German and Swiss German: nickname from Middle High German mast ‘fat, stout’. Compare Maust .

Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, from Middle Dutch mast ‘mast, swine fodder’.

Dutch (Van der Mast and Van de Mast): topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns (see 2 above).

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

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