Brief Life History of Joannis
When Joannis Hammer was christened on 11 January 1761, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Marius Gottlieb Caspar HAMMER, was 30 and his mother, Anna Magaretha Hornung, was 25. He married Eva Catharina Zuerker on 14 February 1786, in Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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- Joanne Hammer im Eintrag für Anna Catharina Margaretha Hammer, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
- Joanne Hammer im Eintrag für Gertrudis Hammer, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
- Joannes Hammer, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"
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1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1814
The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation of 39 independent German states.
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Name Meaning
German, English, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German hamer, Yiddish hamer, a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of hammers, for example in a forge, or a nickname for a forceful person. As an English surname, the derivation from Middle English ham(m)er, hamor ‘hammer’ (Old English hamor) is formally possible, either as a metonymic occupational name or as a locative or occupational name taken from a shop sign or inn sign. However, there is no evidence that such appellations became hereditary surnames. The surname of German origin (possibly also in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
English and German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area of water meadow, or flat, low-lying alluvial land beside a stream, Middle English ham(me), Old English hamm, Old High German ham (see Hamm ) + the English and German agent suffix -er. In England, names composed of a topographic term + -er are characteristic of southern England, especially Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Hampshire.
English: possibly a variant of Hanmer , and in northern England a variant of Hamer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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