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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- 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"
Spouse and Children
1744–1820 Male
1740–1792 Female
Children (13)
1777–1780 Female
1778– Male
1779–1780 Male
1781– Male
1782–1782 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1720– Male
1724– Female
Siblings (4)
1744–1820 Male
1745–1745 Male
1748–1748 Male
1749–1749 Male
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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