- Tschudi
Tschudi (variants: Schudy, Shudi, Schudi) is a
surname common in theCanton of Glarus ,Switzerland .History
The Tschudi name can be traced back to
1289 . After Glarus joined theSwiss Confederation in1352 various members of the family held high political offices at home, and were distinguished abroad as soldiers and in other ways.Several branches of the Tschudi family and their servants' families, who took on their masters' last name, first began immigrating to the United States in the mid-1700s, where the name Tschudi was changed to
Judy , and later toJuday .People
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Aegidius Tschudi , historian
*Burkat Shudi , harpsichord maker
*Fridolin Tschudi (1912–1966), Swiss author and humorist
*Giles Tschudi , actor
*Johann Jakob von Tschudi , naturalist
*Lill Tschudi , artist
*Hans-Peter Tschudi (1913-2002), Swiss politician, member of theSwiss Federal Council Other people called Tschudi
*Christopher (1571-1629) was a
knight of Malta and a linguist, who served in the French and Spanish armies
*Dominic (1596-1654) wasabbot of Muri and wrote "Origo et genealogia gloriosissimorum comitum de Habsburg" (1651), second (enlarged) edition Muri, 1702 (cf. also E. Haller, Schweizerbibliothek, 1785, vol. II, No. 1904).
*Iwan (1816-1887) was author of a guide-book to Switzerland, which appeared in 1875 under the name of "Schweizerführer"
*Joseph was aBenedictine monk atEinsiedeln , wrote a history of his abbey (1823)
*John Henry (1670-1729) wrote "Beschreibung des Lands Glarus" (1714)
*John Thomas (1714-1788) left several manuscripts on the local history of Glarus
*John James (1722-1784) compiled a family history from900 to1500
*John Louis Baptist (d. 1784) was a naturalist who settled inMetz
*Frederick (1820-1886) was the author of "Das Thierleben der Alpenwell" (1853)
*Lill (1911-2004) was a Swiss painter and linocut artist
*Louis Leonard (1700-1779) and Joseph Anthony (1703-1770) were brothers and both worked in the Neapolitan service
*Valentine (1499-1555) was a pupil ofHuldrych Zwingli , whom he afterwards succeeded as pastor of Glarus, where his services were attended by both Romanists and ProtestantsReferences
*1911
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