Marret Flor

Brief Life History of Marret

When Marret Flor was born in 1672, in Oldsum, Föhr, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, her father, Johann Martin Flor, was 31 and her mother, Elin Ocken, was 22. She married Nickels Jensen on 23 November 1690. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1740, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Nickels Jensen
1664–1693
Marret Flor
1672–1740
Marriage: 23 November 1690
Früdde Nickelsen
1689–1764
Jens Nikelsen
–1796
Tadt Nickelsen
1691–1776
An Nickelsen
1693–1755
Elen Peters
1697–1771
Sam Nickelsen
1714–1770

Sources (7)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Marret Flor - Church record: birth-name: Marret Flor
  • Marret Nickelsen in entry for Elen Nickelsen, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Marret Nikelsen im Eintrag für Jens Nikelsen, „Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971“

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Carlos, Edmundo, Fernando, Francisco, Jaime, Juan, Adelaida, Alfredo, Alvaro, Angel, Armando. Portuguese Paulo, Joao.

Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan: from the female personal name Flor (see Flora ), or, more likely, a byname or nickname from flor ‘flower’ (from Latin flos, floris).

Czech: from a short form of the personal name Florián (see Florian ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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