Carolina Wilhelmina POERSCHKE was born on 18 March 1831, in Prussia, Germany as the daughter of Michael Poerschke and Anna Maria Lonsert. She married Johann Friedrich KOESLING on 9 April 1860. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 10 March 1905, at the age of 73.
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On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Ewald, Gerhard, Gerhart, Helmut, Klaus, Uwe.
Germanized form of Sorbian P'eršk and Pjeršk: from dialect variants of Lower Sorbian p'ersk, Upper Sorbian pjersk ‘bass’ (fish), applied as a nickname for a small, dowdy looking person, and probably also as a metonymic occupational name for a fish dealer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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