Brief Life History of Johan Adam
When Johan Adam Zwickel was born on 1 November 1783, in Treschklingen, Bad Rappenau, Amt Sinsheim, Baden, Germany, his father, Michael Leonhard Zwickel, was 37 and his mother, Eva Maria Strassner, was 35. He married Eva Margaretha Götz on 29 November 1815, in Babstadt, Bezirksamt Sinsheim, Baden. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 24 April 1827, in Babstadt, Bad Rappenau, Amt Sinsheim, Baden, Germany, at the age of 43, and was buried in Treschklingen, Amt Sinsheim, Baden, Germany.
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- Johann Adam Zwikel, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Johann Adam Weikel in entry for Regina Katharina Weikel, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Adam Zwickel, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Fritz, Reinhold, Rudi.
German:
occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwicken ‘to secure with nails, to peg’. This could denote a leather or textile worker, a cooper, or someone performing a similar function in a wide variety of other industries including, for example, salt extraction and mining.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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