Jakob Zürcher
Jakob Zürcher (born June 10, 1739 in Teufen ; † November 30, 1808 in Teufen; resident in Teufen) was a Swiss textile entrepreneur and councilor from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden .
Life
Jakob Zürcher was the son of Gebhard Zürcher and Maria Grubenmann. In 1783 he married Anna Elisabetha Hirzel, a daughter of the Zurich city doctor, councilor and writer Johann Caspar Hirzel . As early as 1776 he had established a business relationship with the uncle of his future wife, the textile merchant Johannes Zellweger-Hirzel von Trogen . From 1778 to 1791 Jakob Zürcher headed the trading company Zellweger , Zürcher & Compagnie in Genoa , which was responsible for Zellweger-Hirzel’s Italian and Spanish trade. In addition, a Zurich councilor was in Teufen.
literature
- Walter Bodmer: Textile industry and textile trade in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden before 1800. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 87/1959 (1960), p. 3–75, especially p. 52–60. Web access via e-periodica.ch
Web links
- Thomas Fuchs: Jakob Zürcher. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 1, 2013 , accessed April 13, 2020 .
- Commercial archive Zellweger in the State Archive Appenzell Ausserrhoden .
- Letters from Jakob and Anna Elisabetha Zürcher-Hirzel in the Zellweger family archive in the Appenzell Ausserrhoden canton library .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Bodmer: Textile industry and textile trade in Appenzell-Ausserrhoden before 1800. In: Appenzellische Jahrbücher 87/1959 (1960), pp. 52–60.
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| SURNAME | Zürcher, Jakob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zürcher, Hans Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss textile entrepreneur and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Teufen AR |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1808 |
| Place of death | Depth |