When Johann Kraus was born on 20 December 1688, in Öschelbronn, Herrenberg, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Stephan Kraus, was 33 and his mother, Katharina Egeler, was 29. He died on 17 September 1689, at the age of 0.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Franz, Gerhard, Heinz, Wilhelm, Bodo, Egon, Gunther, Rainer.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with curly hair, from Middle High German krūs ‘curly, crinkly’, German kraus.
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