Brief Life History of Johann Wolffgang
When Johann Wolffgang Fanger was born on 4 December 1709, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Gabriel Fanger, was 34 and his mother, Anna Barbara Viester, was 31. He married Anna Rosina Thomas about 1735, in Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 17 April 1763, in his hometown, at the age of 53, and was buried in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
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- Joannem Wolfgangum Fanger, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
- Wolffgangus Fanger, "Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958"
- Wolffgangi Fanger im Eintrag für J. Jacobum Kuhn, „Deutschland Heiraten, 1558-1929“
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German (also Fänger) and Swiss German: occupational name for a trapper, from an agent derivative of fangen ‘to catch’.
German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Fang, or a topographic name from Fang ‘enclosure’ for someone who lives in such an area.
French: topographic name derived from Old French fange ‘mud, mire’ (from Old Occitan fanga). This surname is very rare in France.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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