Christopher Wendel was born about 1745, in Frederick, Virginia, United States as the son of ? and ?. He married Susannah Deadrick in 1786, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1818, at the age of 74.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Helmut, Otto, Aloys, Bodo, Egon, Elke, Erwin, Frieda, Gerhard, Jurgen, Katharina.
German, Swedish, Danish, and Dutch: from the German personal name Wendel, a pet form of a short form, Wando, of a compound ancient Germanic name beginning with wand ‘to go, to migrate’.
German: metonymic occupational name for a turner, from Middle High German wendel ‘to turn’ or Middle Low German wendelen ‘to turn, twist’.
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