When Ulrich Schmutz was born on 18 August 1832, in Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Schmutz, was 27 and his mother, Anna Barbara Burkhard, was 25. He died on 1 December 1836, in his hometown, at the age of 4, and was buried in Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Hans.
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a dirty or slovenly person, from German Schmutz ‘dirt’, Middle High German smuz.
South German: nickname for a cheerful person, from a noun derivative of Middle High German smutzen ‘to smile’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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