Brief Life History of Christine
Christine Lapp was born on 18 June 1800, in Usenborn, Büdingen, Grand Duchy of Hesse. She married Johann Peter Sommers on 30 May 1825, in Germany. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 2 December 1855, in Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 55.
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- Christine in entry for Elisabetha Susanne Sommer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Christiane in entry for Carl Summer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Christiane Summer in entry for Carl Summer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
German, English, and Dutch: from Middle High German and Middle English lappe, Middle Dutch lap ‘cloth, patch, rag’, a metonymic occupational name for a mender of clothes or shoes, or a nickname given to someone who wore ragged clothes or garments with loose folds, flaps, or hanging sleeves, or who had fleshy folds of skin on his face, neck, or body.
German: nickname for a simple-minded person, from Middle Low German lappe ‘fool’. This surname (in any of the two possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (mainly Alsace, also Lorraine).
English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French lappe ‘burdock’, perhaps for someone with a prickly character.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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