Brief Life History of Herman
Herman Weiss was born about 1915, in Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada as the son of George Arthur Weiss and Nettie Elizabeth Whitman. He died on 6 December 1917, in his hometown, at the age of 3.
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1892– Male
–1917 Female
Siblings (2)
1912–1917 Female
1915–1917 Male
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Gerhard, Fritz, Manfred, Egon, Armin, Arno, Gunther, Heinz. Jewish Chaim, Moshe, Emanuel, Aron, Meyer, Mendel, Hyman, Isadore, Zvi, Shlomo.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with white hair or a remarkably pale complexion, from Middle High German wīz, German weiss ‘white’. This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of a corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Slovenian Belec and Bele (see Belle ). It is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, and the Netherlands.
German: variant of Weis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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