Brief Life History of Brigitta
When Brigitta Held was born on 29 June 1697, in Biesingen, Landkreis Donaueschingen, Baden, Germany, her father, Johannes Held, was 33 and her mother, Maria Vosseler, was 34. She married Johannes Götz about 1718, in Donaueschingen, Landkreis Donaueschingen, Baden, Germany. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 20 December 1758, at the age of 61.
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- Brigitta Held, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Brigitta in entry for Johannes Gez, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Brigitta in entry for Johannes Gaz, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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Name Meaning
German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from Middle High German, Middle Dutch, Yiddish held ‘hero’. As a Jewish name, it is often artificial.
German and Dutch: from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names formed with hild ‘strife’ as the first element.
English: variant of Heald .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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