When Elisabeth Littenecker was born on 1 November 1805, in Hofweier, Amt Offenburg, Baden, her father, Karl Martin Littenecker, was 40 and her mother, Anna Maria Hermann, was 28. She married Anton Schilli on 2 May 1831, in Hofweier, Kreis Offenburg, Baden, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 16 October 1846, in her hometown, at the age of 40, and was buried in Hofweier, Amt Offenburg, Baden.
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The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, and in most modern European languages. This was the name of the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1:60). Etymologically, the name means ‘God is my oath’, and is therefore identical with Elisheba, the name of the wife of Aaron according to the genealogy at Exodus 6:23. The final element seems to have been altered by association with Hebrew shabbāth ‘Sabbath’.
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