When George Wermuth was born on 28 February 1858, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Ulrich Wermuth, was 30 and his mother, Mary Lohr, was 24. He married Mary Willliams about 1879, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 3 November 1890, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Arlington, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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German:
metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered or dealt in herbs, from Middle High German wërmuot ‘wormwood’.
perhaps also from the ancient Germanic personal name Warmut, composed of any of three verb forms meaning ‘to defend, protect, or warn’ + muot ‘intent, spirit’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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