Brief Life History of Johann Nikolaus
When Johann Nikolaus Gerlach was born on 22 May 1766, in Konken, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Johann Nickel Gerlach, was 43 and his mother, Karolina Susanne Elizabeth Faus, was 11. He married Maria Katharina Maus on 9 December 1787, in Mittelbach, Ansbach, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 14 January 1816, in Konken, Kusel, Bavaria, Germany, at the age of 49.
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- Joh. Nickel Gerlach, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Zivilstandsregister - Marriage - Original Document #1
- Legacy NFS Source: Johann Nikolaus Gerlach - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: death: 14 January 1816; Konken, Pfalz, Bayern Lande, Germany
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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
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Dieter, Juergen, Otto, Erwin, Hans, Horst, Klaus, Alois, Eberhard, Franz, Frederich.
German and Dutch: from the personal name Gerlach, composed of the ancient Germanic elements gēr, gār ‘spear’ + lach, a cognate of Old High German leich ‘sport, play’. Compare Garlick , Garlock , and Carlock .
History: One of the first American Gerlachs was the Palatine German Johann (John) Christian Gerlach, who arrived in the Hudson River Pitch, NY, in 1710. His surname was respelled to Garlick, Garlock, and Carlock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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