When Anna Maria Bonesteel was born on 15 January 1758, her father, Johann Petrus Bohnenstiel, was 31 and her mother, Elisabetha Simon, was 21. She married Carl Simon about 1790, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Americanized form of North German Bohnenstiel: metonymic occupational name for a bean grower or a nickname for a very tall person, from Low German Bohne ‘bean’ + Stiel ‘stalk’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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