Brief Life History of Catharine Barbara
When Catharine Barbara Handel was born on 20 September 1835, her father, Johann Georg Handel, was 28 and her mother, Dorothea Greiss, was 24. She married Daniel Willging on 14 October 1854, in Teplitsa, Bessarabia, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Russia in 1835. She died on 2 February 1893, at the age of 57.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Catharine Barbara Handel, "Russia Births and Baptisms, 1755-1917"
- Barbara Handel in entry for John Willging, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"
- Catharina Barbara Handel, "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885"
Spouse and Children
1834–1876 Male
1835–1893 Female
Children (11)
1855–1855 Female
1856– Male
1858–1940 Male
1860– Female
1861– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1807–1872 Male
1811–1888 Female
Siblings (16)
1831–1896 Female
1831– Male
1833–1907 Male
1833–1833 Female
1835–1893 Female
+11 More Children
World Events (5)
1837
Age 2
1853
Age 18
1853 · The Crimean War
Age 18
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Arno, Egon, Erwin, Ewald, Florian, Frieda, Hermann, Philo, Siegfried.
German and Jewish (also Händel): from a pet form of the personal name Hans . Sometimes this can be from a pet form of Heinrich, e.g. Heindl, Haindl. Compare Haendel .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a merchant, German Handel ‘trade, commerce’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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