When Anna Zenger was born on 22 April 1787, in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Heinrich Zenger, was 35 and her mother, Catharina Jaun, was 27. She died on 12 March 1792, at the age of 4, and was buried in Meiringen, Bern, Switzerland.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Helmut, Wolfgang.
South German: nickname from Middle High German zenger, zanger ‘cheeky, bold, vivacious’.
History: John Peter Zenger (1697–1746), printer, came to North America from the Palatinate in Germany in 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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