When Louise Paulina Arras was born on 1 July 1878, in Eagle Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States, her father, Johann B. Arras, was 23 and her mother, Elizabeth Henrietta Caroline Glick, was 22. She died on 1 March 1879, in her hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Van Buren Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Armando, Jose, Manuel, Angelina, Araceli, Benigno, Cruz, Estela, Homero, Jesus, Juan, Lucila. German Erwin, Heino, Kurt, Manfred.
Spanish, French, German, and English: metonymic occupational name for a dealer in a type of heavy woolen cloth for which the city of Arras in northern France (Pas-de-Calais) was internationally famous in the Middle Ages. The cloth was typically used to make tapestry wall hangings. In France, this is also found as a habitational name from Arras.
Scottish: probably a habitatonal name from Airhouse in Channelkirk (Berwickshire), which is recorded as Arous in 1510, Arreis in 1630, and Aras in 1655.
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