When Stephen Howell Wortman was born on 23 August 1827, in Morris Township, Morris, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Peter Wortman, was 33 and his mother, Mary Messler, was 29. He married Catherine Melick on 16 October 1851, in Pottersville, Bedminster Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States in 1850 and Chester Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States for about 45 years. He died on 20 August 1904, in Oldwick, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oldwick, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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English: metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of vegetables or of medicinal herbs and spices, from Middle English wurt, wort ‘plant’ + man ‘man’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a reliable person who could be trusted to keep his word, from Yiddish vort or German Wort ‘word’ + man ‘man’.
Americanized form of German Wortmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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