When Peter Kaufman was born on 18 August 1824, his father, Jacob Kaufman, was 23 and his mother, Maria Graber, was 20. He married Freni Schrag on 9 June 1850, in dubno, Dvinsk, Vitebsk, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 23 December 1859, in Russia, at the age of 35.
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Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Chaim, Emanuel, Moshe, Eytan, Herschel, Zvi, Ari, Aron.
Americanized form of German Kaufmann , and a variant of the same Jewish surname.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Kaufman meaning ‘merchant’. Compare Koyfman 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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