When Johan J Graber was born on 29 May 1848, in Rovno, Volyn Guberniya, Russian Empire, his father, Johann Graber, was 25 and his mother, Frani Kaufman, was 22. He married Verona Stucky on 8 October 1872. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Hutchinson, Dakota Territory, United States in 1880. He died in 1895, at the age of 47, and was buried in Moundridge, McPherson, Kansas, United States.
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Russia fights Britain, France, Sardinia, and Ottoman Empire in Crimean War. Russia forced to accept peace settlement dictated by its opponents.
Starting on October 5, 1853, Britain, France, Turkey, and Sardinia challenged Russia as the country was expanding. The troops fighting against Russia were finally defeated by the harsh winter. Altogether, around 500,000 Russian troops were lost.
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German and Swiss German (also Gräber): from an agent derivative of Middle High German graben ‘to dig or excavate’, hence an occupational name for a digger of graves or ditches, or an engraver of seals; alternatively, a topographic name for someone living near a ditch or channel (Middle High German grabe).
German and Swiss German (also Gräber): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Graben.
Jewish (Ashkenazic) (also Gräber): occupational name for a grave-digger, either from German Gräber or from a Yiddishized form of Polish grabarz.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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