Brief Life History of Margaretha
When Margaretha Merz was born on 11 October 1685, in St. Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, her father, Jacob Merz, was 26 and her mother, Anna Wild, was 22. She married Hans Konrad Schoch on 31 July 1725, in Sankt Gallen, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 22 January 1742, in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, at the age of 56, and was buried in Herisau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland.
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- Margreth Werz, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Margreth Merz, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Margreth Mertz, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Otmar, Alois, Bernhard, Egon, Eldor, Ernst, Erwin, Fritz, Gerhard, Helmut.
German: variant of Mertz and Marz 1. This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, and France (Alsace and Lorraine).
German: habitational name from any of the places called Merz.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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