Brief Life History of Anna Magdalena
When Anna Magdalena Modelina Fuchs was born on 22 January 1713, in Richen, Eppingen, Baden, Germany, her father, Benedict Fuchs, was 37 and her mother, Anna Catharina Vogt, was 31. She married John Matthew Fox in 1743, in Trappe, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She died in September 1795, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodsboro, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Anna Magdalena Modelina - Published information: birth-name: Anna Magdalena
- Magdalena Fuchs, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Anna Magdalena Modelina Fox/ Fuchs, "Find A Grave Index"
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1748
Historical Boundaries 1748: Frederick, Maryland Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Frederick, Maryland, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Maryland is the 7th state.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Kurt, Gerhard, Fritz, Mathias, Matthias, Armin, Ulrich, Erwin, Helmut.
German and Jewish: from Middle High German vuhs, German Fuchs ‘fox’, a nickname for a sly or cunning person, or for someone with red hair. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames. Compare Fox 4, Fuks , and Futch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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