Anna Maria Wall

Brief Life History of Anna Maria

When Anna Maria Wall was born on 25 January 1833, in Brucken, Kirchheim, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Johann Georg Wall, was 32 and her mother, Anna Barbara Reichle, was 28. She had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Johan Georg Gleich. She lived in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 21 November 1882, at the age of 49, and was buried in Green Tree, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johan Georg Gleich
1839–1886
Anna Maria Wall
1833–1882
Henry Gleich
1859–
Mary Gleich
1863–1902
Emma Gleich
1872–
Margaret Anna Gleich Schurr
1884–1954

Sources (5)

  • Mary Gleich in household of George Gleich, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Wall - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Wall
  • Anna Maria Wall, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"

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Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).

English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).

Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.

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

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Wall Family Comes to America

John Wall and Andy (Andrew) Wall (sons of John George Wall and Anna Barbara Reichle Wall) were in America and went back to Germany for a visit. George Wall was drafted and did not want to go into the …

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