When Alfred Minnich or Minnigh was born on 22 June 1833, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Minnich, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 28. He married Laura J. Cressler on 13 September 1855. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 13 August 1862, at the age of 29, and was buried in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
German: from Middle High German münich ‘monk’ (see Monk ), denoting someone who worked for the monks in a local monastery, or possibly a nickname for someone who had an ascetic life style like that of a monk. Compare Minich 1.
North German: from a pet form of a local form of the personal name Mein .
In some cases also an Americanized form of Croatian Minić (see Minich 3).
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