Brief Life History of Maria Elisabeth
Maria Elisabeth Hemling was born about 1758, in Meiningen, Meiningen, Saxe-Meiningen, Germany. She married Johann Heinrich Kniessa on 10 February 1779.
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1756–1807 Male
1758– Female
World Events (3)
1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
Age 55
1814
Age 56
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
Age 94
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from any of the places called Herlingen (Saar) or Herrlingen (near Ulm).
South German: from Old High German herling ‘left over, unripe grapes (after the harvest)’, a nickname for an immature person.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Herling ‘unripe grapes’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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