When Elisabeth Schild was born on 11 May 1834, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Jakob Schild, was 30 and her mother, Elisabeth Blattner, was 32. She married Caspar Michel on 7 December 1855, in Brienz, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters.
Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Manfred, Johannes, Otto, Ewald, Gerda, Hans, Helmuth, Ilse.
German, Swiss German, and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a maker or painter of shields, from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schilt ‘shield’. Compare Schield .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Schild ‘shield, (house) sign’, applied either as an artificial name or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by a sign. Compare Rothschild .
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