When Anne Marie Lieber was born on 25 October 1776, in Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, France, her father, Mathias Lieber, was 31 and her mother, Marie Anne Marbach, was 28. She married Jean Thiebaud Mehr on 27 January 1796, in Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, France. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 13 May 1840, at the age of 63.
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Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Chaim, Meyer, Uri, Aharon, Batsheva, Herschel, Hershy, Hyman, Mayer.
German: variant of Lieb 1.
German: from the medieval personal name Liebher, composed of the elements liub ‘beloved, dear’ + heri, hari ‘army’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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