Brief Life History of Elsi
When Elsi Fankhauser was born on 16 April 1626, in Eggiwil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Michel Fankhauser, was 27 and her mother, Barbara Wuethrich, was 23. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Niclaus Habegger.
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- Elsy Fanckhuser in entry for Madlena Hebhegger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Schweiz, Kirchenbücher, 1277-1992; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19610-65731-18
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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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