Brief Life History of Karl
Karl Held was born about 1807, in Schönau, Amt Heidelberg, Baden as the son of Arnold Held and Schietin. He married Lauer on 24 November 1831, in Schönau, Amt Heidelberg, Baden. They were the parents of at least 9 daughters.
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- Karl Held, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Carl Held in entry for Nikolaus Siemann, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Karl Held, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
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Name Meaning
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German, Middle Dutch, Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name, it is often artificial.
German and Dutch: from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element.
English: variant of Heald .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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