When Anna Barbel Baumann was born on 5 May 1751, in Schwellbrunn, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Baümann, was 52 and her mother, Cathrina Züberbühler, was 31. She died on 30 August 1772, at the age of 21.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Otto, Gerhard, Ernst, Heinz, Guenter, Armin, Dieter, Erna, Friedrich.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): status name for a peasant or a nickname meaning ‘neighbor, fellow citizen’, from Middle High German būman, German Baumann ‘peasant’ (see Bauer ). This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, Poland, and some other European countries. Compare Bauman and Bowman .
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