Christina Weiss

Brief Life History of Christina

When Christina Weiss was born on 16 August 1848, in Alt Postal, Tarutyne, Odesa, Ukraine, Soviet Union, her father, Gottlieb Weiss, was 22 and her mother, Louise Baelder, was 18. She married Gottfied Mössner on 28 November 1868, in Vesela Dolyna, Tarutyne, Izmail Oblast, Ukraine, Soviet Union. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Gottfied Mössner
1848–1922
Christina Weiss
1848–
Marriage: 28 November 1868
Sara Mössner
1869–
Johannes Moessner
1871–1871
Gottlieb Moessner
1871–1871
Gottfried Moessner
1874–
Johann Moessner
1876–1876
Friedrick Moessner
1877–
Michael Moessner
1879–
Moessner
1882–1882
Jakob Moessner
1883–1935

Sources (4)

  • Christina Weiss, "Ukraine, Births and Baptisms, 1784-1879"
  • Christina Weiss, "World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945"
  • Christina Weiß, "Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885"

World Events (8)

1853

Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.

1878

Ottomans recognize independence of Romanian state including western Moldova.

1879

Revolutionary society Land and Liberty splits. People's Will and Black Repartition formed.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Gerhard, Fritz, Manfred, Egon, Armin, Arno, Gunther, Heinz. Jewish Chaim, Moshe, Emanuel, Aron, Meyer, Mendel, Hyman, Isadore, Zvi, Shlomo.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wīz, German weiss ‘white’. This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of a corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Slovenian Belec and Bele (see Belle ). It is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, and the Netherlands.

German: variant of Weis .

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

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