Brief Life History of Johann Georg
When Johann Georg Scharf was born on 20 March 1841, in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire, his father, Johann Scharf, was 24 and his mother, Katharina Hehr, was 23. He died on 27 February 1843, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Wittenberg, Bessarabia, Russian Empire.
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- Johann Georg Scharf, "Ukraine, Births and Baptisms, 1784-1879"
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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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