Philip Adam Ludwig

Brief Life History of Philip Adam

When Philip Adam Ludwig was born on 24 March 1752, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Hesse, Germany, his father, Georg Henrich Ludwig, was 22 and his mother, Anna Catharina König, was 25. He married Anna Catharina Poth on 5 April 1781, in Nieder-Modau, Ober-Ramstadt, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Hesse, Germany in 1752. He died on 21 November 1785, in Nieder Modau, Dieburg, Grand Duchy of Hesse, at the age of 33.

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Philip Adam Ludwig
1752–1785
Anna Catharina Poth
1759–1842
Marriage: 5 April 1781
Johannes Ludwig
1779–1855
Georg Henrich Ludwig
1782–1831
Johann Adam Ludwig
1784–1850

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  • Ludwig en tant qu’entrée de Johann Adam Ludwig, "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971"
  • Ludwig en tant qu’entrée de Johann Adam Ludwig, "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971"
  • Ludwig en tant qu’entrée de Georg Heinrich Ludwig, "Deutschland, ausgewählte evangelische Kirchenbücher 1500-1971"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Hans, Fritz, Klaus, Franz, Guenter, Horst, Claus, Erna.

German and Dutch (of German origin): from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements hlūd ‘famous’ + wīg ‘war’. This was the name of the founder of the Frankish dynasty, recorded in Latin chronicles as Chlodovechus (see Louis ), and Ludovicus, which became German Ludwig. This became a hereditary name in the Wittelsbach family, the royal family of Bavaria.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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