When Phoebe Fink was born about 1861, in Hartsville, Steuben, New York, United States, her father, Edwin Adam Fink, was 33 and her mother, Eliza Amidon, was 27.
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German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and English: nickname for a lively and cheerful person, or, in the case of the Jewish name, an artificial name, from Middle High German vinke, Middle English and Yiddish fink ‘finch’ (see Finch and Vink ). The surname of German origin is also found in some central European countries, for example in Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic nicknames or surnames. In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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