Brief Life History of Margaretha
When Margaretha Schöppler was born on 5 December 1833, in Karlsruhe, Baden, her father, Jacob Schöppler, was 27 and her mother, Susanna Denninger, was 24. She married Mathaeus Ruehle on 4 November 1855, in Langensteinbach, Bezirksamt Durlach, Baden, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 3 March 1907, at the age of 73, and was buried in Spielberg, Bezirksamt Durlach, Baden, Germany.
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- Margarete Ruhle, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Margaretha Rühle in entry for Christina Rühle, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Margarethe Schoppler, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Name Meaning
South German (Württemberg, Bavaria):
from an agent derivative of Middle High German schoppen ‘to stuff’, possibly an occupational name for someone who stuffed cushions or mattresses.
topographic name for someone who lived by a reed-grown bank, from the dialect word Schoppen ‘reedbank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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