When Karoline Herbst was born on 14 October 1868, in Heimertshausen, Kreis Alsfeld, Hesse, Germany, her father, Johannes Herbst, was 46 and her mother, Katharina Keil, was 38. She married Jakob Kersting on 27 May 1892. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 13 September 1944, in Kreis Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire, at the age of 75.
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German: nickname from Middle High German herb(e)st ‘harvest’. The modern German word Herbst has come to mean ‘fall’, the time of year when the harvest takes place. The exact application of the nickname is not clear; perhaps it referred to a peasant who had certain obligations to his master at the time of the harvest, or it may have been acquired for some other anecdotal reason which is now lost. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia. In part, it is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Herbst ‘fall’, perhaps reflecting the season when the name was first taken or given. In some cases it seems to have been one of the group of names referring to the seasons that were distributed at random by government officials when surnames became compulsory. Compare Fruhling , Winter , and Summer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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