Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Schenk was christened on 13 May 1576, in Rothenbach, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Peter Schenck, was 42 and her mother, Margreth Mueller, was 38.
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- Anna Schenck, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Switzerland, Church Records, 1277-1992; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-PVTY-Q?cc=1640373&wc=M59G-W3F%3A125783201%2C131258901%2C125782803%2C131270201
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1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Arno, Erwin, Gerhard, Hans, Lothar, Armin, Florian, Frieda, Fritz, Gottlieb.
German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke ‘cupbearer, wine server’ (from Old High German scenko, from scenken ‘to pour out or serve’), hence an occupational name for a cupbearer or server of wine. It also denotes an innkeeper. In another development, similar to English Butler , the word came to be used as an honorary title for a high court official, and some cases of the surname may have arisen from this use. The surname Schenk of German origin is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, Czechia, and Slovenia (see also 3 below).
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for an innkeeper, from German Schenke ‘inn, tavern’. At one time only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why S(c)henk and its related surnames are very common as Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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