Magdalena Graf

Brief Life History of Magdalena

When Magdalena Graf was born on 19 August 1787, in Lauterbrunnen, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Michael Graf, was 31 and her mother, Anna Bischoff, was 25. She died on 29 July 1788, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Michael Graf
1756–1799
Anna Bischoff
1762–1797
Christian Graf
1784–
Anna Graf
1786–1847
Magdalena Graf
1787–1788
Michael Graf
1788–1830
Elisabeth Graf
1791–1794
Christian Graf
1794–1804
Ulrich Graf
1796–1862

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    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Fritz, Gerhard, Hermann, Horst, Manfred, Udo, Alois.

    German (also Gräf): status name from Middle High German grāve, grābe, which was used as a title denoting various more or less aristocratic dignitaries and officials. In later times it became established as a title of nobility equivalent to the Romance count. The vocabulary word also denoted a variety of different minor local functionaries in different parts of Germany. In the Grand Duchy of Hesse, for example, it was used for the holder of the comparatively humble office of village headman (compare Mayer , Schulz , and Vogt ). The surname could have originated from any of these senses or be a metonymic occupational or status name for a servant or retainer of a count, or a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and graces. This surname is also found in many other European countries, for example in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of the corresponding Hungarian and Slavic surnames Gróf and Grof . Compare Graef .

    Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name selected, like Herzog and other words denoting titles, because of their aristocratic connotations.

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

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