When Anna Maria Bischoff was christened on 24 August 1815, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, her father, Sebastianus Bischoff, was 30 and her mother, Genofevae Hellmann, was 31.
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On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Bernhard, Hans, Klaus, Lorenz, Alois, Armin, Arno, Dieter, Fritz.
German: from Middle High German bischof, Middle Low German bischop ‘bishop’, probably applied as a nickname for someone with a pompous manner or as a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a bishop. See also Bishop .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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