When Johann Frantz “Francis” Hieronymus Sr was born on 24 September 1729, in Lorsbach, Hofheim am Taunus, Erzbistum Mainz, Holy Roman Empire, his father, Johann Balthasar Hieronymus, was 52 and his mother, Anna Maria Fuchs, was 43. He married Elizabeth Rector in 1760, in Trapp, Loudoun, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. He died in 1819, in Clark, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Holder Station Cemetery, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States.
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Historical Boundaries - 1792: Clark, Kentucky, United States
First Recorded Burial: Col John Charles Holder BIRTH 1744 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA DEATH 30 Mar 1799 (aged 54–55) Clark County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Holder Station Cemetery Winchester, Clark County, Kentucky, USA Show Map PLOT Col John Holder grave MEMORIAL ID 62190322 · View Source
German: from the personal name Hieronymus ‘Jerome’, a Latinized form of Greek Hierōnymos, composed of the elements hieros ‘sacred’ + onyma ‘name’. It was borne by several Christian saints, including Saint Jerome (c. 347–420), creator of the Vulgate, the standard Latin version of the Bible. See also Jerome .
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Possible Related NamesWhen Johann Franz Francis Hieronymus** was born on September 24, 1729, in Vienna, Vienna, Austria, his father, Johann, was 52 and his mother, Anna, was 43. He married Elizabeth Rector** in 1766 in Rec …
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