When Susanna Herbst was born on 23 November 1767, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, her father, Conrad Herbst, was 32 and her mother, Catherina Elisabeth Heidenreich, was 27. She married Johannes Bahrt on 16 February 1792, in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 2 April 1808, in her hometown, at the age of 40, and was buried in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.
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German: nickname from Middle High German herb(e)st ‘harvest’. The modern German word Herbst has come to mean ‘fall’, the time of year when the harvest takes place. The exact application of the nickname is not clear; perhaps it referred to a peasant who had certain obligations to his master at the time of the harvest, or it may have been acquired for some other anecdotal reason which is now lost. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia. In part, it is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Herbst ‘fall’, perhaps reflecting the season when the name was first taken or given. In some cases it seems to have been one of the group of names referring to the seasons that were distributed at random by government officials when surnames became compulsory. Compare Fruhling , Winter , and Summer .
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