Brief Life History of Maria Catharina
When Maria Catharina Bieber was born on 26 September 1694, in Hirschland, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, her father, Theobald Bieber, was 41 and her mother, Maria Zens, was 34. She married Johann Jacob Schaffer on 10 January 1708, in Hirschland, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 December 1722, in her hometown, at the age of 28.
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- Maria Catharina Biber, "France, Births and Baptisms, 1546-1896"
- Maria Catharina Bieber 1694 family tree
Spouse and Children
1684–1756 Male
1694–1722 Female
Children (8)
1708–1780 Female
1710– Male
1711– Male
1713–1770 Male
1715–1790 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1653–1715 Male
1660–1703 Female
Siblings (9)
1685–1716 Male
1687–1761 Female
1690– Male
1690–1749 Male
1690–1762 Male
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World Events (1)
1700 · French Monarchy
Age 6
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Klaus, Gerhard, Kurt, Alois, Erwin, Florian, Frieda, Hans, Helmut, Horst, Mathias.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German biber, German Biber, or Yiddish biber ‘beaver’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a place frequented by beavers or by a field named with this word, or a habitational name from any of various placenames in Hesse containing this element. As a Jewish name it is largely artificial. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Beaber , Beaver , and Beeber .
History: George Bieber alias Beaver from Alsace, came to Philadelphia, PA, in 1744. — The surname Bieber of French (ultimately German) origin is listed along with its altered form Beaver in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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