Brief Life History of Richard Heinrich
When Richard Heinrich Baer was born on 11 November 1846, in Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Heinrich Baer, was 33 and his mother, Margaretha Wolfer, was 36. He died about 1862, at the age of 17.
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Sources (2)
- Richard Heinrich Bär, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Heinrich Baer -
Spouse and Children
1846–1862 Male
1844– Female
Parents and Siblings
1813–1904 Male
1810–1885 Female
Siblings (6)
1839–1844 Male
1840–1840 Male
1845–1937 Female
1846–1862 Male
1849–1941 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (1)
1848
Age 2
Name Meaning
German (also Bär): from Middle High German ber ‘bear’, a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases it may derive from a personal name containing this element. Compare Bar 2.
Jewish (Ashkenazic; also Bär): from the Yiddish male personal name Ber, from Yiddish ber ‘bear’. Compare Bar 1.
Germanized form (also Bär) of Sorbian Běr: see Bar 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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