When Georg Bernard Fischer was born on 28 May 1846, in Dreierwalde, Tecklenburg, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Gerhard Georg Fischer, was 30 and his mother, Maria Anna Schneiders, was 34. He married Catharina Elis. Richter on 30 April 1872, in Dreierwalde, Tecklenburg, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .
Scottish: variant of Fisher .
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