Justina Margaretha Stauffer

Brief Life History of Justina Margaretha

When Justina Margaretha Stauffer was born on 7 August 1754, in Amt Bretten, Baden, her father, Johann Kaspar Stauffer, was 37 and her mother, Maria Justina Dorwarth, was 42. She married Johannes Odenwald on 9 May 1779, in Bretten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 13 September 1790, in Bretten, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, at the age of 36.

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Family Time Line

Johannes Odenwald
1746–1820
Justina Margaretha Stauffer
1754–1790
Marriage: 9 May 1779
Philippina Odenwald
1776–
Susanna Odenwald
1785–1844
Johann Jacob Odenwald
1777–1816
Juliana Odenwald
1779–1786
Anna Margaretha Barbara Odenwaldt
1781–1781
Andreas Odenwald
1782–1836

Sources (31)

  • Justina Margaretha Stauffer, "Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Jostina Margaretha Stauffer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
  • Christina in entry for Jacob Odenwald, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

Name Meaning

South German:

occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker, stoup’.

habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with this word, for example Stauf, Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape. Compare Stouffer .

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

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