Johann Adam Mader

Male12 February 1744–31 August 1820

Brief Life History of Johann Adam

When Johann Adam Mader was born on 12 February 1744, in Pfullingen, Reutlingen, Württemberg, German Empire, his father, Johannes Mader, was 25 and his mother, Anna Maria Rheidelin, was 21. He married Maria Barbara Bez on 25 January 1762, in Mägerkingen, Reutlingen, Württemberg, German Empire. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 31 August 1820, in Mägerkingen, Reutlingen, Württemberg, German Empire, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mägerkingen, Reutlingen, Württemberg, German Empire.

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Family Time Line

Johann Adam Mader
1744–1820
Eva Rosina Hermann
1740–1792
Marriage: 30 April 1776
Maria Agnes Mader
1777–1780
Jacob Mader
1778–
Ludwig Friedrich Mader
1779–1780
Christoph Friederich Mader
1781–
Maria Barbara Mader
1782–1782
Catharina Barbara Mader
1784–1784
Gottfried Mader
1785–
Mader
1787–1787
Eva Mader
1788–1788
Mader
1789–
Eva Mader
1790–1792
Maria Barbara Mader
1791–1853
Mader
1794–

Sources (37)

  • Adam Maders in entry for Adam Maders, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Adam Mader in entry for Johannes Mader, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Joh. Adam Mader in entry for Maria Barbara Mader Stahlaker, "Germany Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958"

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  • Marriage
    30 April 1776Mägerkingen, Trochtelfingen, Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Madder, an occupational name for a dyer or seller of dye, from Middle English mader, madour, mather, shortened forms of Middle English maderer, maderour, matherer ‘seller of madder’ or ‘dyer who used madder’. Mader or mather (Old English mædere, Old Norse mathra) was the name for the plant Rubia tinctorum, used medicinally and for making red dye. It was also a word for red dye made from other sources. Compare Mather .

    German and Swiss German (also Mäder), Dutch and French (Lorraine): occupational name for a reaper or mower, Middle High German māder, mæder, Middle Dutch mader. Compare Moder .

    French: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from Occitan madier ‘beam’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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