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