Brief Life History of Ludwig
When Ludwig Krebs was born in 1725, in Germany, his father, Friedrich Wilhelm Krebs, was 25 and his mother, Kristina Hein, was 24. He married Anna Catharina Zimmerman on 4 May 1752, in York Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Pennsylvania, United States in 1749. He died on 21 March 1784, in Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Codorus Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Ludwig Krebs in entry for Johann George Krebs, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Ludwig Krebs in entry for Johann Peter Krebs, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Ludwig Krebs in entry for Maria Elisabetha Krebs, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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1749
Historical Boundaries: 1749: York, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: York, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Gerhard, Arno, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin, Franz, Fritz, Heinz, Helmut, Irmgard.
German and Swiss German: metonymic occupational name for a catcher or seller of crabs or crayfish or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a crab, perhaps because they had a peculiar gait. The name was certainly standardized from older variants like Krevetes or Krebiss which reflect Middle Low German crevet ‘crab, shrimp’, as well as Middle High German krebez. This surname is also found in e.g. Slovenia, Czechia, and Poland, often as a translation into German of the Slavic surname Rak ‘crayfish’, and in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Crabbs , Crapps , Crepps , Creps , and Krebbs .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Krebs ‘crab’ (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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