When Christian Markle was born on 1 March 1750, in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Peter Merckel, was 28 and his mother, Anna Catharine Brietener Grimm, was 19. He died before 1755, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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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