When Friedrich Hess was born on 6 July 1777, in German Flatts, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Frederick Hess, was 27 and his mother, Maria Eva Stahring, was 25. He married Eva Ittig in 1802. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Camillus, Onondaga, New York, United States in 1850. He died on 9 April 1852, at the age of 74, and was buried in Camillus, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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Camillus was formed from Marcellus, 8 March 1799.
German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from the territory of Hesse (see Hessen 1).
South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew ).
German and Dutch: from the ancient Germanic personal name Hesso, a derivative of a compound name formed with hadu ‘strife’ as the first element, or from a pet form of Herman or Hendrik (see Henry 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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