Brief Life History of Joannes Martin
When Joannes Martin Metz was born on 10 February 1757, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Joannis Josephi Metz, was 29 and his mother, Franciscae Bayerol, was 28. He died on 10 November 1757, at the age of 0.
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- Joannes Martinus Metz, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Joannes Martinus Metz, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
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Name Meaning
German: from a short form of the female personal name Mechthild, composed of ancient Germanic maht ‘might, strength’ + hild ‘strife, battle’.
German, French (Alsace and Lorraine), and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from Metz in Lorraine, which took its name from a Gaulish tribe, the Mediomatrici; in the name of the place this became abbreviated to Mettis, hence the modern name.
German: from Mätz, a short form of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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