Karl Sarasin also anglicized Carl Sarasin (17 April 1815 – 21 January 1886) was a Swiss businessman, silk ribbon manufacturer and politician active in
Basel, Switzerland
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. Most notably he served on the Lesser Council of Basel ("Kleiner Rat") from 1856 to 1875 and previously on the
Grand Council of Basel
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from 1845 to 1856. He belonged to the
Daig
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Early life and education
Sarasin was born 17 April 1815 in
Basel, Switzerland
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, the third of eight children, to Carl Sarasin Sr., a silk manufacturer, and Salome Sarasin (
née
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Heusler). His family belonged to the
Daig of Basel. Several of his siblings died in early childhood.
Personal life
In 1840, Sarasin married firstly to Adèle Vischer (1821–1845), a daughter of Benedict Vischer (1779–1859) and Sophie Vischer (née Preiswerk; 1787–1859). They had three children;
* Adelheid Sarasin (1841–1878)
* Karl Sarasin Jr. (1843–1917)
* Hans-Franz Sarasin (1845–1907)
His wife died in 1845 only aged 23. In 1850, he remarried secondly to Elisabeth Sauvain (1829–1918) with whom he had another five children;
* Salome Sophia Sarasin (1853–1882), married to Paul Speiser, five children.
* Wilhelm Sarasin (1855–1929), married Caroline Iselin (1860–1940), six children.
*
Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856–1929), married Anna Maria Hohenester (1881–1940), two children.
* Elisabeth Sarasin (1861–)
* Alfred Sarasin (1865–1953), who married Emma Frieda Iselin (1865–1929), three children.
Sarasin died in Basel, Switzerland on 21 January 1886 aged 70.
References
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1815 births
1886 deaths
Swiss businesspeople
Swiss politicians