Anna Mayer

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Mayer was born on 1 July 1688, in Deckenpfronn, Calw, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Hans Majer, was 29 and her mother, Agnes Aichele, was 28.

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Family Time Line

Hans Majer
1658–1732
Agnes Aichele
1659–1732
Balthasar Majer
1682–1763
Hans Jerg Mayer
1683–1753
Melchior Mayer
1686–1757
Anna Mayer
1688–
Maria Agnes Majer
1695–
Johann Ulrich Mayer
1699–1768

Sources (2)

  • Anna Majer, "Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
  • Anna Majer, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Franz, Helmut, Wilhelm, Erwin, Gerhard, Heinz, Ilse, Lorenz, Wolfgang.

English (Staffordshire): post-medieval form of Mear, which is either a topographic name, from Middle English mere ‘pond, pool’ (Old English mere) or Middle English mere ‘boundary’ (Old English (ge)mǣre), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places with names derived from these terms, such as Mere (Cheshire, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire), Meir in Caverswall (Staffordshire), and Meare (Somerset).

English: occupational name for a physician, from Old French mire, Middle English mire, meir, meyre, originally synonymous with Myer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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