Brief Life History of Gottlieb Friedrich
When Gottlieb Friedrich Breitling was born on 23 April 1870, in Gechingen, Calw, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Gottlob Friedrich Breitling, was 24 and his mother, Christina Magdalena Schwarzmaier, was 21. He married Ernestine Margarethe Keppler on 1 May 1897, in Enzklösterle, Calw, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and United States in 1949. His occupation is listed as bookeeper in Bezirksamt Pforzheim, Baden, Germany. He died on 27 July 1952, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Gottlieb F Breitling, "United States 1950 Census"
- Gottlieb Heinrich Breitting, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
- Gottlieb Breitling, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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Name Meaning
German:
from the name of a fish, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish in some way.
habitational name for someone who lived at the widening of the Warnow river near Rostock which is so named, from breit ‘broad’ + the suffix -ling denoting a special quality.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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