Schild

The Schild family is closely associated with watchmaking in Grenchen. The family founded the famous firms, Eterna (Urs Schild and Josef Girard) and A. Schild (Adolph Schild), and were associated with many other firms in the town.

• Philipp Schild (1797-1848)
  • Franz Josef Schild (1821-1889)
  • Josef Schild (1824-1866)
• Anton Schild (1800-1877)
  • Urs Schild-Rust (August 31, 1829-April 25, 1888) married Elise Rust (died by 1899) - Dr. Girard and Schild Ebauches/Schild Frères/Eterna
    • Walter Schild-Farcot (1860-1897)
    • Maximilian "Max" Schild (1866-February 10 1927) married Jeanette Francisca Maria Anna "Jeanne" van den Brink (April 12 1867-May 24 1943) - Schild Frères/Eterna
      • Rudolf Franz Schild-Comtesse (October 12 1900-December 12 1978) married Madeline Comtesse (-October 14 1966) - Eterna/ETA, Ebauches SA, ASUAG, General Watch Co, FAR
        • Jacqueline Colombo-Schild
        • Alfred Schild
        • Marianne Büchler-Schild
        • Claude R. Schild (1948-) - Eterna
    • Théodor Schild (May 31, 1870-May 31, 1950) - Schild Frères/Eterna
      • Gerda Seidlitz-Schild married Hans V. Seidlitz
        • Edda V. Tschammer
      • René Schild
      • Lilian Benziger-Schild married Albert Benziger
        • Fredy Benzinger
        • Anita Benzinger
      • Roswitha Benziger-Schild married Adelrich Benziger
        • Ursula Benziger
        • Monique Benziger
    • Anny Schild?
    • Bruno Schild
    • Hans Schild
    • Leo Schild
    • Arthur Schild
    • Otto Schild-Wyss (November 4, 1873-September 26, 1961) married Blanche-Cécile Wyss (August 21, 1874-June 13, 1931)
      • Elsa Matthey-Doret-Schild (1904?-September 22 1977) married Robert Matthey-Doret
      • Max Schild-Buess (died before 1977) married Paulette Buess (died after 1977)
      • Werner Schild-Carré (died after 1977) - Cristal Watch
      • Léon-Bernard Schild-Gerber (1909?-January 25 1976) married June 12 1961 Hélène-Madeline Gerber
  • Margrit Schild (1836-1918)
  • Elise Schild (1839-1913)
  • Josef Schild (1841-1905)
  • Adolf Schild-Hugi (1844-1915) married Pauline Hugi (1850-1931) - A. Schild SA
    • César Schild-Krebs (1878-May 19 1936) - A. Schild SA
      • Agnes Schild-Krebs
      • Rudolf César Schild (1908-1973) - A. Schild SA
      • Trudy Schild married Pierre Baumgartner
    • Adolf Schild (1879-1972) - A. Schild SA
    • Ernst Schild (1885-1945) - A. Schild SA
    • Robert Schild-Howald (1890-1967) married Clara Howald - A. Schild SA