Adolf Greiner

Brief Life History of Adolf

When Adolf Greiner was born about 1556, in Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Ulrich Greiner, was 32 and his mother, Anna Geyrhos, was 11. He married Regina Hopfer on 17 August 1594, in Augsburg, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1638, in his hometown, at the age of 83.

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Adolf Greiner
1556–1638
Regina Hopfer
1574–1639
Marriage: 17 August 1594
Georg GREINER
1600–
Regina GREINER
1604–1647
Anna Maria GREINER
1605–1669

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    Name Meaning

    South German and Swiss German:

    nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Middle High German grīner ‘squabbler, quarreler’, an agent derivative of grīn ‘loud screaming, shouting’.

    habitational name for someone from a place called Grein (see Grein ).

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

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