Brief Life History of Johann
When Johann Pfeifer was born on 10 July 1835, in Altheim, Horb, Württemberg, Germany, his father, Christian Pfeiffer, was 35 and his mother, Katharina Lechler, was 26. He married Theresia Von Ade on 10 February 1863. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 May 1914, in his hometown, at the age of 78.
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- Johannes Pfeiffer, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Johannes Pfeiffer, "Germany, Württemberg, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Catholic Church Records, 1520-1975"
- Johannes Pfeifer in entry for Richard Pfeifer, "Germany, Württemberg, Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Catholic Church Records, 1520-1975"
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1864
War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
1890
Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Pfeiffer ‘piper, whistler’. This form of the surname is also found in Czechia, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, the Netherlands, and some other European countries; see also 2 below.
Germanized form of various Slavic adaptations of the German surname (see Pfeiffer 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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