When Joel Mohr was born on 21 January 1817, in Zionsville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Mohr Prvt Jr, was 44 and his mother, Hannah Hamman, was 40.
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North German: topographic name for someone who lived in a fen, Middle Low German mōr.
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch (of German origin): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle High German mōr, German Mohr, and Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’.
German: from a short form of an old personal name, Morhart (see Morath ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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