Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Stein was born on 21 December 1782, in Lisdorf, Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany, his father, Nikolaus Stein, was 26 and his mother, Maria Dreistadt, was 25.
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1756–1804 Male
1757–1817 Female
Siblings (8)
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1782– Male
1784– Female
1786–1873 Female
1788–1814 Female
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
Age 31
1814
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1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
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Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German stein, German Stein ‘rock’, hence a topographic name either for someone who lived on stony ground or for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock or by a stone boundary marker or monument. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for a mason or stonecutter, or, among Jews, an artificial name. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia, where it is also spelled Štein, and in Poland.
Dutch: from a shortened form of the personal name Augustijn (see Austin ) or a habitational name from any of the Dutch places called Stein.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or more farmsteads, notably in southeastern Norway, from Old Norse steinn ‘stone’, most often named from a big rock on the farm.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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