Anna Maria Ries was born on 30 March 1714, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. She married Johann Conrad Dui on 12 April 1735, in Kriegsfeld, Kirchheimbolanden, Bavaria, Germany. She died on 17 July 1740, in Greenwich Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 26.
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South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an ancient Germanic personal name, but mainly a nickname for an exceptionally tall or big man, Middle High German rise, German Riese ‘giant’. In some cases the name may have been used to refer ironically to a particularly short man.
South German: habitational name from any of several places called Ries.
German: topographic name from Middle Low German rīs ‘branch, twig, brushwood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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