When Ana Barbara Boltz was born on 5 March 1798, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Simon Boltz, was 29 and her mother, Christina, was 19. She married Jacob Wilhelm about 1816, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 10 August 1878, at the age of 80, and was buried in Millardsville, Jackson Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States.
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German: from the personal name Boltz, a shortened form of Baldwin .
South German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of bolts for crossbows, or for a bowman, or a nickname for a tall stiff man, from Middle High German boltz ‘crossbow bolt’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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