Brief Life History of Jakob
When Jakob Nittel was born on 6 March 1819, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, his father, Sebastian Nittel, was 48 and his mother, Margaretha Rau, was 39.
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- Jakob Nittel, "Ukraine, Births and Baptisms, 1784-1879"
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World Events (8)
1831
Polish uprising crushed by forces of Nicholas I.
1837
First Russian railroad, from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo, opens. Aleksandr Pushkin, foremost Russian writer, dies in duel.
1853
Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Friedrich, Hans, Helmuth, Jurgen, Klaus, Otto.
South German: probably a nickname from Middle High German tütelen ‘to flatter’, or possibly from Middle High German tütel ‘nipple, tit’.
North German: from a variant of Dietel, a pet form of a personal name formed with the ancient Germanic element theud ‘people, tribe’ (see Dietrich ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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