Brief Life History of Maria
When Maria Becker was born on 13 October 1689, in Dillenburg, Dillkreis, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, Germany, her father, Hans Heinrich Becker, was 34 and her mother, Anna Clara Neuss, was 36.
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German and Dutch: occupational name for a baker of bread, or brick and tiles, derived from Middle High German and Middle Dutch backen ‘to bake’. The German surname is also found in France (mainly Lorraine and Alsace).
Danish: occupational name for a baker, from bechere ‘baker’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a baker, from German Bäcker (compare 1 and Backer ) or Yiddish beker ‘baker’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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