When Johann Georg Fischer was born on 6 April 1830, in Roden, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany, his father, Johann Fischer, was 24 and his mother, Barbara Martin, was 22. He married Maria Lay on 16 January 1856, in Roden, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 June 1873, in his hometown, at the age of 43, and was buried in Roden, Saarlouis, Rhineland, Prussia, Germany.
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On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .
Scottish: variant of Fisher .
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