Brief Life History of Maria Magalena
When Maria Magalena Mettauer was born in 1719, in Sparsbach, Bas-Rhin, France, her father, Samuel Mettauer, was 30 and her mother, Anna Magdalena Wampfler, was 27. She died on 25 December 1719, in Keskastel, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, at the age of 0.
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1690–1723 Male
1692–1725 Female
Siblings (7)
1715– Male
1717–1717 Male
1718–1719 Male
1719–1719 Female
1721–1721 Male
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Name Meaning
A name derived from Mapia, one of the Greek forms of Miriam. Maria is found as a male name as well as a female name. Viscount Montague, of Cowdray, Sussex, who succeeded to the title as second viscount, was christened Anthony Maria Browne. In Camden's Remains (p. 44), referred to in Delicie Literarise, occurs Thomas Maria Wingfield; and there was also a Sir Edward Maria Wingfield. The name appears to have been adopted in the latter family from Mary, daughter of Henry VIII. Compare Notes and Queries 5th S. ii. 73, 316, 478. Marie is frequently found as a male name in France and in other parts of the Continent.
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