When Eva Maria Hofferbert was born on 18 August 1864, in Rimhorn, Erbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, her father, Peter Hofferbert II, was 26 and her mother, Eva Maria Hertel, was 33. She died on 14 April 1919, in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany, at the age of 54.
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German: truncated form of Hoffherbert, a distinguishing nickname composed of Middle High German hof ‘manor, farm’ + the ancient Germanic personal name Herbert .
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