When Johann Sylvester Hartmann was born on 31 December 1876, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, his father, Johann Hartmann, was 24 and his mother, Maria Schuhmann, was 21.
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1852–1927 Male
1855–1884 Female
1876– Male
1877– Male
1879–1961 Female
1881–1964 Female
1883– Female
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Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Heinz, Helmut, Horst, Klaus, Manfred, Dieter, Dietrich, Franz.
North German and Danish: variant of Hart 1.
German and Swiss German: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements hard ‘hard, strong’ + man ‘man’. This surname is also found in the Netherlands, France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, Czechia, and some other European countries; see also below. Compare Hartman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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