Brief Life History of Jacob Frederick
When Jacob Frederick Wanner was born in 1736, in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hans Martin Wanner, was 39 and his mother, Maria Elisabetha Franck, was 36. He married Elizabeth Burkhart Dreibelbis on 27 December 1792, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1818, in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Richmond Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- 1779: Wm GREEN, Jacob WANNER of Richmond Twp; Berks. Deeds 1734–1785
- 1774: Eliz WANNERIN or WANNER of Richmond Twp, Berks Co, PA Estate File, Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G991-XF7S?cc=1999196&wc=9PMJ-3TL%3A268499201%2C274031001
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1752
Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
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.
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