Johann David Walter

Brief Life History of Johann David

When Johann David Walter was born on 24 August 1774, in Salem Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Philip Antoni Walter, was 50 and his mother, Anna Elisabetha Volck, was 34. He married Susanna Stroh in 1792, in Salem Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. He died in 1850, in Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Walter Cemetery, Lucinda, Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Johann David Walter
1774–1850
Susanna Stroh
1771–1839
Marriage: 1792

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  • John David Walter, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Father : Anthony Walter's will - 13 Jul 1788 -- Will books, 1773-1917; will indexes 1773-1918;Westmoreland, PA

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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.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin), German, Dutch, Polish, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements wald ‘rule’ + heri, hari ‘army’. This personal name was introduced into England both in the reign of Edward the Confessor and by the Normans (in the forms Walt(i)er, Waut(i)er). After the Norman Conquest it soon became one of the most popular personal names in Britain. Compare Walther .

Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Valter and Czech Valtr: from the personal name Valter, Valtr, of ancient Germanic origin (see 1 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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