Brief Life History of Margaretha
When Margaretha Fell was born about 1575, in Engelsbrand, Neuenbürg, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Georg Fell, was 23 and her mother, Eva Elise Wagner, was 30. She married Matthaeus Faas on 11 February 1600, in Langenbrand, Schömberg, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died in 1632, at the age of 58, and was buried in Langenbrand, Schömberg, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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- Margretha in entry for Margretha, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Margretha im Eintrag für Michel Faß, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“
- Margretha in entry for Katharina Fuaß, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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Name Meaning
English (mainly northern): from northern Middle English fel(l) ‘fell, hill, mountain’ (Old Norse fell, fjall), a topographic name denoting someone who lived on a fell, or an area of high ground.
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a furrier, a dealer in hides or skins, from Middle English fel, Middle High German vel, German Fell or Yiddish fel, all of which mean ‘skin, hide’, or ‘pelt’. Yiddish fel refers to untanned hide, in contrast to pelts ‘tanned hide’ (see Pilcher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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