When Anna May Otto was born on 11 January 1873, in Germany, her father, Ernst Ernest Julius Leopold Otto, was 29 and her mother, Bertha Theresa Amelia Schulz, was 30. She married Harry Fletcher on 24 December 1894, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in West Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 27 March 1932, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Riverton Crest Cemetery, Riverton, Tukwila, King, Washington, United States.
German, Danish, Swedish, and Dutch; Hungarian (Ottó): from the personal name Otto, a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud, ōd ‘wealth, prosperity’ (see also Ott ). The name Otto was a hereditary name in the Saxon ruling house, as well as being borne by Otto von Wittelsbach, who founded the Bavarian ruling dynasty in the 11th century, and the 12th-century Saint Otto of Bamberg, apostle of Pomerania.
History: This name was introduced to America by Bodo Otto, a senior surgeon of the Continental Army, who was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1711, came to North America in 1755, and practiced in NJ and PA. He died in Reading, PA, in 1787.
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