Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Kunz I was born on 12 November 1808, in Bern, Switzerland, his father, Jakob Kunz II, was 33 and his mother, Margaritha Klossner, was 29. He married Magdalena Klossner on 26 October 1826, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He died on 18 March 1898, in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland, at the age of 89, and was buried in Diemtigen, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Samuel, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Samuel Kunz in entry for Margritha Kunz, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Samuel Kunz in entry for Samuel Kunz, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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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.
1848
Made capital 1848
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Otto, Alois, Erwin, Kurt, Wolfgang, Fritz, Gerhard, Heinz, Rainer, Arno, Dieter.
German (also Künz): from a pet form of the personal name Konrad . The expression Hinz und Kunz is a German equivalent of ‘every Tom, Dick, and Harry’. This form of the surname is also found in Czechia, Poland, and France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Coonce , Coons , Coontz , Counts , Koons , Koonts , Koontz , Koonz , Kountz , Kuhns , Kunce , Kuns , and Kuntz .
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian, Czech, Polish, Slovak, or Croatian Kunc . Compare Kuntz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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