When John Kitterman was born on 9 November 1818, in Sydnorsville, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, his father, Peter Kitterman, was 31 and his mother, Maria Magdalena Kettemann, was 32. He married Mable Crawford about 1841, in Franklin, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 17 December 1851, in Wyanet, Bureau, Illinois, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Triplett Cemetery, Wyanet Township, Bureau, Illinois, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Bond, Illinois, United States 1821: Pike, Illinois, United States 1823: Illinois, United States 1825: Putnam, Illinois, United States 1827: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States 1831: Putnam, Illinois, United States 1837: Bureau, Illinois, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Americanized form of German Kettermann, in the south a metronymic from Ketter, a short form of Katharina; in the north a nickname for a heretic or godless person, from Middle Low German ketter (modern German Ketzer) ‘heretic’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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