Brief Life History of Margaretha
When Margaretha Decker was born in 1557, in Bönnigheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Hans Toecker, was 32 and her mother, Kunigund Decker, was 32. She married Hans Hoffman on 12 November 1578, in Bönnigheim, Besigheim, Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 2 April 1635, in Bönnigheim, Besigheim, Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 78.
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- Margaretha Dreker, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Margaretha in entry for Johannes Goffmann, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Margretha, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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Name Meaning
German: occupational name for a roofer (thatcher, tiler, slater, or shingler) or a carpenter or builder, from an agent derivative of Middle High German decke ‘covering’, a word which was normally used to refer to roofs, but sometimes also to other sorts of covering; modern German Decke still has the twin senses ‘ceiling’ and ‘blanket’.
Dutch: variant of Dekker , cognate with 1 above. Compare De Decker .
English (London): variant of Dicker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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