Knapp

Brief Life History of Knapp

When Knapp was born on 4 September 1844, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Hiram Ebeneezer Knapp, was 33 and his mother, Christiana Weaver, was 34. He died on 4 September 1844, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Ebeneezer Knapp
1810–1893
Christiana Weaver
1810–1872
Rachel Delia Knapp
1836–1909
Hannah Knapp
1838–1867
Louise Melissa Knapp
1840–1922
Mary Minerva Knapp
1842–1919
Knapp
1844–1844
Edwin Weaver Knapp
1845–1919
La Fayette Knapp
1848–1922
Marshall Knapp
1850–1861
Ellen Christiana Knapp
1852–1875
Watson Knapp
1855–1856
Webster Knapp
1855–1856

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    Name Meaning

    German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).

    German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.

    Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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