When Rollo Jacob Mergenthaler was born on 20 August 1870, in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, United States, his father, Jacob Mergerthaler, was 31 and his mother, Mary Carrel, was 32. He died on 26 August 1900, in Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Fountain Cemetery, Fostoria, Hancock, Ohio, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto.
German: habitational name for someone from a place called Mergenthal in Saxony or Bohemia, probably named with a pet form of the personal name Maria + Middle High German tal ‘valley’.
History: Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of the Linotype print-composing machine, was born into a poor family in Hachtel, Germany. He emigrated to North America in 1872, his fare paid for by a family friend. At the time of his death in 1899, Mergenthaler held over 50 patents.
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