Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Funk was born on 27 July 1762, in Franconia Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Rev Henry Funk, was 35 and her mother, Barbara Saunders Showalter, was 29. She married Jacob Erbaugh on 21 August 1781, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters.
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German: nickname for a blacksmith, or for a small and lively or irritable individual, from Middle High German vunke ‘spark’. This surname is also found Poland, Czechia, Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and the Netherlands.
English: from Middle English funke, fonke, founck ‘spark of fire’, with the same meaning as 1 above.
History: Between 1709 and 1772 nine families bearing this name immigrated to America. See also Funck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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