Brief Life History of Christina
When Christina Kappel was born on 23 December 1851, in Artsyz, Akkerman, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, her father, Ernst Kappel, was 42 and her mother, Dorothea Quallman, was 39. She married Samuel Ulrich on 19 November 1870, in Artsyz, Akkerman, Bessarabia, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1919, in her hometown, at the age of 68.
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- Christina Kappel, "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885"
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1853
Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.
1853 · The Crimean War
Starting on October 5, 1853, Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia challenged Russia as the country was expanding. The troops fighting against Russia were finally defeated by the harsh winter. Altogether, around 500,000 Russian troops were lost.
1869
War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy (1828-1910) published.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Alois, Franz, Friedrich, Viktor.
German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for a person living near a chapel, from Middle High German kap(p)elle, kappel ‘chapel’. This is a loanword from Late Latin cap(p)ella, a diminutive of cappa ‘hooded cloak’, the first building to be so called having housed a cloak that reputedly belonged to Saint Martin of Tours. Compare Cappel .
German and Dutch: habitational name from a place called with Middle High German kappel ‘chapel’, of which there are many examples in southern Germany (in the north mostly Cappel). This surname (in both possible senses; see also 1 above) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Cappel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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