When Margaretha Weissmann was born on 16 January 1838, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Phillip Jacob Weissmann, was 26 and her mother, Margaretha Wilking, was 26. She married Daniel Appel on 15 April 1862, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 5 May 1863, in her hometown, at the age of 25.
Some characteristic forenames: German Erwin, Gunter, Florian, Fritz, Juergen, Klaus, Nikolaus.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a pale complexion, from German weiss ‘white’ + Mann ‘man’.
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