Brief Life History of Barbara
When Barbara Wacker was born on 18 February 1609, in Württemberg, Germany, her father, Johannes Hans Wanner, was 40 and her mother, Anna Maria Heim, was 32. She married Hans Ruckaberle on 6 April 1630, in Breitenstein, Böblingen, Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 31 May 1685, in Breitenstein, Böblingen, Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 76.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Barbara Wanner - Church record: birth-name: Barbara Wanner
- Barbara in entry for Maria Ruck, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Barbara in entry for Margreta, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Alois, Erwin, Frankl, Frieda, Hans, Heinz, Hermann, Reinhold, Rudi, Wolfgang.
German and Swiss German: nickname for a bold or energetic person, from Middle High German wacker ‘fresh, lively, brave, valiant’.
German: from a medieval personal name based on Old High German wachen ‘to be vigilant, energetic’. See Wach 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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