Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Fischer was born in 1624, in Interlaken, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Jacob Fischer, was 42 and his mother, Anna Rieser, was 45. He had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Barbara Thoeni.
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- Peter Fischer, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Peter Fischer in entry for Peter Fischer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Peter Fischer in entry for Margreth Fischer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1648
All European peace treaty formally accepts Switzerland as an independent nation.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Otto, Erwin, Gerhard, Helmut, Fritz, Klaus, Horst, Dieter, Franz, Ernst.
German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle High German visch, German Fisch ‘fish’ + the agent suffix -er. This form of the surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, and the Netherlands. In Poland, Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia it is (also) established in the Slavicized forms Fiszer (Polish) and Fišer (see Fiser ). Compare Fisher .
Scottish: variant of Fisher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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