Catharina Scharf

Brief Life History of Catharina

When Catharina Scharf was born on 23 December 1843, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, her father, Johann Scharf, was 27 and her mother, Katharina Hehr, was 26. She died on 21 May 1846, in her hometown, at the age of 2, and was buried in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire.

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Family Time Line

Johann Scharf
1816–1869
Katharina Hehr
1817–1877
Johanes Scharpf
1838–1838
Christina Scharf
1839–1842
Johann Georg Scharf
1841–1843
Catharina Scharf
1843–1846
Friedrich Scharf
1846–1929
Anna Maria Scharf
1848–
Johann Scharf
1851–1852
Jacobina Scharf
1853–
Jakobina Scharf
1853–
Regena Scharf
1857–
Andreas Scharf
1859–

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  • Katharina Scharf, "Ukraine, Births and Baptisms, 1784-1879"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Erwin, Gerhardt, Kurt, Uwe, Frieda, Fritz, Grete, Helmuth, Horst, Juergen, Klaus.

South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for an energetic, active person, from Middle High German scharf, scharpf and German scharf ‘sharp-cutting’. For Jews, it can also come from the Yiddish adjective sharf, with the same meaning. Compare Sarff , Sharf , and Sharp .

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

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