When Anna Maria Kreis was christened on 5 November 1725, in Sitterdorf, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Martin Kreiss, was 51 and her mother, Anna Maria Staheli, was 37. She died on 16 April 1726, at the age of 0.
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German: nickname for a noisy person, from Middle High German kreiss, kreisch ‘cry, noise’.
German: topographic name for someone who lived by or owned a circular field, from Middle Low German kreis (Middle High German kreiz) ‘circular open area, district, border’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Kreis ‘circle, circular field, border’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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