When Captain Peter H Wanner was born on 15 October 1739, in Colebrookdale, Douglass Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hans Martin Wanner, was 42 and his mother, Maria Elisabetha Franck, was 39. He married Catherine Esther Rothermel on 4 August 1768, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 21 July 1831, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Kutztown, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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Historical Boundaries: 1779: Maxatawny, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States 1815: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Fritz, Armin, Dieter, Franz, Johann, Theresia.
German and Swiss German: occupational name for a winnower, someone who used a winnowing basket or fan to separate grain from chaff (see Wannemacher ).
German: topographic name for someone who lived in a basket-shaped valley or on a basket-shaped knoll (see Wann ), the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPeter Warner served in the Revolutionary War as a Captain in the Pennsylvania Militia under Col. Daniel Hunter.
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