When Christina Fanger was born on 25 July 1752, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Johann Wolffgang Fanger, was 42 and her mother, Anna Rosina Thomas, was 25. She lived in Bavaria, Germany in 1752. She died on 11 January 1756, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 3.
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German (also Fänger) and Swiss German: occupational name for a trapper, from an agent derivative of fangen ‘to catch’.
German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Fang, or a topographic name from Fang ‘enclosure’ for someone who lives in such an area.
French: topographic name derived from Old French fange ‘mud, mire’ (from Old Occitan fanga). This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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