Brief Life History of Susanna Theodora
When Susanna Theodora Gottlieb was born in 1731, in Kalundborg, Vor Frue, Holbæk, Denmark, her father, Frideric Gottlieb Nicolai, was 31 and her mother, Marie Andersdatter Tamdrup, was 28. She married Christian Hansen Langemach on 6 September 1752, in Kalundborg, Vor Frue, Holbæk, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 28 April 1753, in her hometown, at the age of 22, and was buried in Kalundborg, Vor Frue, Holbæk, Denmark.
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- Susanne Theodora Gotlieb, "Denmark Marriages, 1635-1916"
- Gottlieb Nicolai in entry for Caroline Helene Nicolai, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Safarina Theodora Gottlieb in entry for Hans Otto Christiansen, "Denmark, Baptisms, 1618-1923"
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1737 · Meyercrones Stiftelse
Meyercrones Stiftelse was founded by the widow of Henning de Meyercrone after he had served as Danish envoy in France. Christiane Meyercrone, Henning's widow, managed the property until her death in 1738. Her niece became the new manager of the foundation and arranged for its charter to be written in 1830. The original, small building was replaced by a larger building in 1933.
1742 · Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters is a non-governmental science Academy founded in 1742 for the purpose of advancements of science in Denmark.
1744 · Hirschholm Palace
Hirschholm Palace was a royal palace located in present-day Horsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen. It was one of the finest buildings of its time and became known as the Versailles of the North. It developed a bad reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Emanuel, Cheskel, Heshy, Isadore, Moshe, Chaim, Feivel, Hyman, Isser.
German, Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Gottlieb. As a German personal name this is for the most part a translation of Greek Theophilos (‘one who loves God’) that became very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries with the rise of the Pietist movement. Among German Jews, it existed, independently from German Christians, since the Middle Ages.
German: from the personal name Goteleib, based on Old High German god, got ‘god’ + leiba ‘offspring, son’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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