Jacob Creutz

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob Creutz was born in 1653, his father, Rorich Creutz, was 31 and his mother, Elisabeth Nuess, was 39. He married Anna Margretha Weidmann on 19 July 1682, in Freudenberg, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He died on 4 January 1690, in Freudenberg, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, at the age of 37, and was buried in Freudenberg, Siegen, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Creutz
1653–1690
Anna Margretha Weidmann
1661–
Marriage: 19 July 1682
Anna Maria Creutz
1683–
Anna Catharin Creutz
1688–
Anna Maria Creutz
1696–

Sources (10)

  • Unknown, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Jacobi Creutz in entry for Mariam Margaretam Creutz, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Jacob Creutz im Eintrag für Anna Catharin Creutz, „Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898“

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Bernhard, Gottfried, Orlo, Reinhold.

German: topographic name for someone who lived near a cross set up by the roadside, in a marketplace, or as a field or boundary marker, from Middle High German kriuz(e) ‘cross’. Compare Cross .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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