When Nathan Stern was born in 1865, in Germany, his father, Leon Stern, was 45 and his mother, Caroline Frank, was 45. He married Henrietta Levi on 12 December 1897, in Miller, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States in 1910 and United States in 1917. He died on 10 December 1917, in Arkansas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Emanuel, Moshe, Aviva, Chaim, Meyer, Hyman, Pinkas, Zvi, Devorah, Dov.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German stern, German Stern ‘star’, a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a star, or a Jewish artificial name. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Sweden, and in some other European countries (compare 3 below).
English: nickname from Middle English stern(e), stirn(e), stiarne ‘severe, strict, cruel; strong, powerful’.
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