Brief Life History of Voldberg Thomasdatter
When Voldberg Thomasdatter Werlin was born about 1719, in Lillebrænde, Nykøbing, Denmark, her father, Thomas Thomassen Werlin, was 43 and her mother, Arrine Andersdatter, was 39.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Woldborre Thomsen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
Parents and Siblings
1678–1734 Male
1682–1730 Female
Siblings (9)
1704–1758 Male
1706–1706 Male
1707–1709 Male
1710–1739 Male
1710–1748 Male
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1729
Age 10
1730 · Danish Asia Company
Age 11
1762 · Old City Hall (Aalborg)
Age 43
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: habitational name from the city of Berlin, capital of Germany. This city takes its name from a West Slavic word meaning ‘river rake’, a scaffold of beams built over a river to prevent logs from jamming; the river in question is the Spree. Folk etymology, however, has put a bear into the arms of the city, as if the name were derived from Bärlin, a diminutive of Bär ‘bear’. The German name is also found in the Hamburg area, where it may be derived from the village of the same name, but of uncertain origin, in Holstein. In some cases the Jewish name may be a patronymic from a pet form of the Yiddish personal name Ber (see Berenson ), formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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