When Sophia Dorothea Markle was born on 27 January 1758, in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Peter Merckel, was 36 and her mother, Anna Catharine Brietener Grimm, was 27. She married Ludwig Daniel Staudt about 1777, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters.
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Scottish and English: habitational name from Markle in Lothian, Scotland, or from Much Marcle or Little Marcle in Herefordshire, England, named in Old English with mearc ‘boundary’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of German Markel 1, Markl 1, Merkel , Merkl , or Merkle , names which are, with the exception of the first one, also found in Alsace and Lorraine in France.
Jewish (American): variant of Markel 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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