When Caspar Zwicker was born on 26 June 1785, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, British North America, his father, George Melchior Zwicker, was 41 and his mother, Anna Gertrude Ernst, was 27. He married Anna Mary Risser on 25 April 1813, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 16 February 1846, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 60, and was buried in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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In 1820, Cape Breton Island rejoined Nova Scotia. It is located on the Northeastern part of Nova Scotia. Until then it had been owned by the French until 1763. Than was in British control and a separate colony in 1784.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Fritz, Reinhold, Rudi.
German:
occupational name from an agent derivative of Middle High German zwicken ‘to secure with nails, to peg’. This could denote a leather or textile worker, a cooper, or someone performing a similar function in a wide variety of other industries including, for example, salt extraction and mining.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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