Brief Life History of Philippus Jacobus
When Philippus Jacobus Majer was born on 14 July 1806, his father, Joanne Melchiore Majer, was 25 and his mother, Eva Catharina Burkard, was 19. He lived in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany in 1806.
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- Philippus Jacobus Majer, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Philippus Jacobus Majer, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
- Philippus Jacobus Majer, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
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World Events (7)
1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Armin, Erwin, Georg, Gerhard, Manfred, Ulrich, Wolfgang. Jewish Aron.
Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian; Hungarian (also Májer): status name for a steward, bailiff, or tenant farmer, from a Slavicized or Hungarized form of German Meyer 1, Mayer 4. As a Slovenian surname it is derived from the loanword majer ‘steward, bailiff’, which also denoted a hired worker on a forest estate. Compare Maier 4 and Mayer 6.
Slovak: from majer ‘manor farm estate’, a loanword from German (compare 1 above), probably used to denote a person living and working at the farm. Compare Majernik .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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