Oscar George Theodore Sonneck was born on 6 October 1873, in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States as the son of George C. Sonneck and Julia Meyne. He died on 30 October 1928, at the age of 55.
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German: possibly a topographic name from Middle High German sunne, sonne ‘sun’ + ecke ‘corner, ridge’. However, the final element may be the Slavic diminutive suffix -ek.
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