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