Dorothea Gerich

Brief Life History of Dorothea

When Dorothea Gerich was born about 1717, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Jacob Gerich, was 38 and her mother, Mrs Gerich, was 39. She married Johann Georg Reimer on 29 April 1738, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 15 January 1780, in Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Johann Georg Reimer
1697–1760
Dorothea Gerich
1717–1780
Marriage: 29 April 1738
Maria Margaretha Reimer
1743–1747
Johann Henrich Reimer
1745–1778
Helena Barbara Reimer
1752–

Sources (9)

  • Dorothea Reiner in entry for Johann Martin Reiner, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Dorothea Renner in entry for Helena Barbara Renner, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Dorothea Reimer in entry for Johann Henrich Reimer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

  1. Dorothea Gerich

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Horst, Mathias. Slovenian Andrei, Milan, Natalya.

German: variant of Gerrick .

Americanized form of Slovenian Gerič: metronymic from a short form of the female personal name Gertruda, from German Gertrud (see Trude ).

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

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