Mathias Hart

Brief Life History of Mathias

When Mathias Hart was born on 2 July 1779, in Oppen, Beckingen, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland, Germany, his father, Jacobus Hardt, was 32 and his mother, Catharina PFEIFFER, was 27. He married Maria Spuler in 1805. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 29 May 1849, in his hometown, at the age of 69, and was buried in Reimsbach, Merzig, Rhineland, Prussia.

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Family Time Line

Mathias Hart
1779–1849
Maria Spuler
1787–
Marriage: 1805
Barbarae Hart
1805–
Mathias Hardt
1813–1877
Petrus Hardt
1816–1818
Susanna Hart
1818–1867
Margaretha Hart
1820–1822
Nicolaus Hart
1822–1857
Maria Hart
1825–1902

Sources (15)

  • Mathiae Hart in entry for Mathia Hart and Annam Mariam Schmitz, "Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957"
  • Mathias Hard in entry for Susanna Hard, "Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957"
  • Mathiae Hart in entry for Mathias Selzer, "Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957"

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World Events (2)

1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig

On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.

1814

The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.

Name Meaning

English and North German: nickname from Middle English hert (Old English heorot), Middle Low German hërte, harte ‘hart, stag’, perhaps for a quick-footed or timorous individual.

German: variant of Hardt 1 and 2. It is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from German and Yiddish hart ‘hard’.

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

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