Anna Steiner

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Steiner was christened on 10 January 1686, in Signau, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Peter Steiner, was 33 and her mother, Cathri Geissbuehler, was 24. She died before 1696, in her hometown.

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Family Time Line

Peter Steiner
1653–1739
Cathri Geissbuehler
1662–
Elsbeth Steiner
1683–
Cathri Steiner
1684–
Anna Steiner
1686–1696
Barbara Steiner
1687–
Ulli Steiner
1690–
Sara Steiner
1693–
Anna Steiner
1696–
Margareth Steiner
1698–
Peter Steiner
1699–
Madlena Steiner
1701–
Hans Steiner
1702–
Verena Steiner
1705–

Sources (2)

  • Anna Steiner, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-PBHK-T?cc=1640373&wc=M59T-MNG%3A125783201%2C131574101%2C125782803%2C131595101

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Erwin, Hans, Otto, Armin, Heinz, Markus, Dieter, Fritz, Helmut, Konrad, Manfred.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): agent derivative of Stein . It is both an occupational name for someone who worked with stone (a quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason), and a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground or near a prominent outcrop of rock. As a Jewish surname, it can also be artificial, distributed at random by Austrian clerks. This surname is also found elsewhere in Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia (see also 4 below).

German: occupational name from Middle High German steinen ‘to set in precious stones, gems, boundary stones’ for a goldsmith, paver, or a land surveyor.

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

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