When Philipp Jacob Dürr was born on 1 May 1720, in Eggenstein, Bezirksamt Karlsruhe, Baden, his father, Johann Georg Dürr, was 23 and his mother, Helena Stutz, was 18. He married Helena Fuchs on 31 January 1741, in Eggenstein, Bezirksamt Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 24 December 1763, in his hometown, at the age of 43, and was buried in Graben, Bezirksamt Karlsruhe, Baden.
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German (Dürr): nickname from Middle High German dürre ‘thin, gaunt, dry’. Compare Duerr .
Irish (Roscommon): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Doraidh, a personal name from the adjective doraidh ‘uneven, difficult’. See also Irish Dore .
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