When Maria Elisabetha Zwalla was born on 9 September 1753, in Bexbach, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Saarland, Germany, her father, Johann Andreas Zwalla, was 23 and her mother, Anna Elisabeth Kurz, was 20. She married Johann Nicolaus Lander on 29 October 1771, in Wiebelskirchen, Ottweiler, Rhineland, Prussia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Homburg, Homburg, Saar, Germany in 1753. She died on 7 May 1811, in Wiebelskirchen, Ottweiler, Rhineland, Prussia, at the age of 57.
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Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Wala: from a pet form of the personal name Walenty, Polish form of Valentine . The surname Walla is also found in Poland, but it is much more common in Germany, where it may also be derived from a cognate name from some other Slavic language.
Norwegian: variant of Valla .
Indian (Punjab): Sikh (Jat) name of unexplained etymology.
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