Brief Life History of Elsbeth
When Elsbeth Baer was born on 27 May 1731, in Niederwil, Aargau, Switzerland, her father, Melchier Baer, was 37 and her mother, Maria Hofer, was 39. She married Hans Jacob Künzli on 6 July 1753, in Wynau, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 28 April 1793, at the age of 61.
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- Elisabeth Bär, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Elisabeth Bar, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Elsbeth Bär, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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Name Meaning
German (also Bär): from Middle High German ber ‘bear’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases it may derive from a personal name containing this element. Compare Bar 2.
Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Bär): from the Yiddish male personal name Ber, from Yiddish ber ‘bear’. Compare Bar 1.
Germanized form (also Bär) of Sorbian Běr: see Bar 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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