When Maria Magdalena Tempel was born on 4 September 1815, in Galicia, Austria, her father, Jakob Tempel, was 37 and her mother, Wasem, was 38. She married Johann Georg Rückemann on 17 May 1831, in Galicia, Austria. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 11 daughters. She died on 5 April 1898, at the age of 82.
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Ludwig von Beethoven dies. A German native, he dies in Vienna, Austria.
Prussia attacks Austria.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Baerbel, Dieter, Guenter, Horst, Juergen, Otto.
North German: topographic name from Westphalian tempel ‘knoll, round hill’ or a habitational name from any of fifteen places so named.
Dutch (also Van den Tempel, Van der Tempel): habitational name for someone from any of various places called De Tempel. Compare Temple 3.
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