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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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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