When Anna Margharetta Gaar was born on 24 February 1721, in Illenschwang, Wittelshofen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Andreas Gaar, was 35 and her mother, Eva Seidelmann, was 31. She died on 26 November 1724, in her hometown, at the age of 3, and was buried in Illenschwang, Wittelshofen, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany.
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Austrian German: nickname for a person who was ready and willing (to do a task), from Middle High German gar ‘ready, prepared’.
Perhaps also Dutch (Van de Gaar): topographic name from Middle Dutch gader, gaer ‘gate’, in a habitational sense e.g. from De Gader near Hasselt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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