Brief Life History of Sophia Elizabeth Margaret
When Sophia Elizabeth Margaret Schwartz was born in 1745, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Johannes Schwartz, was 30 and her mother, Anna Margaretha, was 28. She married Johann Lorentz Conrad on 5 January 1761, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 16 October 1803, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 58.
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Sources (7)
- Sophia Elisabetha Schwartz, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Sophia Elisabetha Schwartz, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Zion Lutheran Church Baptisms
Spouse and Children
1741–1797 Male
1745–1803 Female
Children (10)
1763–1782 Male
1765–1814 Male
1767– Female
1770–1770 Male
1771– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1716–1762 Male
1718–1773 Female
Siblings (2)
1745–1803 Female
1757–1802 Female
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Emanuel, Meyer, Chaim, Isadore, Moshe, Aron, Ari, Mayer, Hershel.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion, from Middle High German swarz, German schwarz, Yiddish shvarts ‘dark, black’. In some cases this may be a habitational name from any of the places called Schwarz, named with the same word. This form of the surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, etc. Compare Schwarcz , Schwarz , Shwartz , Swarts , and Swartz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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