Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Aeschlimann was born on 23 February 1777, in Rüegsau, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hanss Äschlimann, was 24 and his mother, Maria Bärthschi, was 23. He died on 6 February 1842, at the age of 64.
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Sources (1)
- Peter, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Parents and Siblings
1753–1793 Male
1754–1815 Female
Siblings (6)
1777–1842 Male
1779–1845 Female
1784–1838 Male
1786–1868 Female
1789–1841 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (2)
1798
Age 21
1800
Age 23
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Aeschlimann: topographic name for someone who lived near a (small) ash tree or ash wood, from Esche (Old High German asc) ‘ash’ + the diminutive suffix -li + -mann ‘man’, or perhaps a derivative of Öschli, a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Oswald . Compare Aschliman , Eschliman , Eshelman , and Eshleman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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