Brief Life History of Johann Gottlob
When Johann Gottlob Stephan was born on 10 October 1774, in Döbeln, Kreis Döbeln, Saxony, Germany, his father, Carl Gotthelf Stephan, was 28 and his mother, Anna Rosina Frohberg, was 29. He married Anna Elisabeth Geiler on 26 October 1800. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died in Germany.
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Name Meaning
German, French, Dutch, and Arabic (Lebanon); Breton (also Stéphan): from the personal name Stephan, Stéphan, from Latin Stephanus (see Steven ). In France, this surname is most common in Brittany and in Alsace. Arabic bearers of this surname are Christians.
Americanized form of Slovenian, Croatian, and Slovak Štefan, Polish Stefan ‘Steven’.
In North America, this surname is also a shortened and altered form of various patronymics and other derivatives from the personal names Stefan and Štefan ‘Steven’ (see Stefan for some Slavic and Greek examples).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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