Herman Weiss

Maleabout 1915–6 December 1917

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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Family Time Line

George Arthur Weiss
1892–
Nettie Elizabeth Whitman
–1917
Lula Weiss
1912–1917
Herman Weiss
1915–1917

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    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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