When Barbara Stoll was born on 5 May 1610, in Schwarzenburg, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Hanns Stoll, was 31 and her mother, Barbli Sommerau, was 28.
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All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Gerhard, Klaus, Nikolaus, Alois, Kurt, Otto, Ulrich, Alfons, Bernd, Dieter, Dietrich.
German: from Middle High German, Middle Low German stolle ‘prop, support, frame’ or ‘tunnel in a mine’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter or miner; or a nickname for a clumsy or coarse person.
Jewish (from Belarus): metonymic occupational name for a smith, from Yiddish dialect stol, shtol ‘steel’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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