Johannes Walder

Brief Life History of Johannes

When Johannes Walder was born on 28 July 1751, in Hurnen, Horben, Thurgau, Switzerland, his father, Hans Adam Walder, was 44 and his mother, Barbara Graf, was 42. He died on 4 June 1752, in his hometown, at the age of 0.

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Family Time Line

Hans Adam Walder
1706–1785
Barbara Graf
1709–1782
Jacob Walder
1733–1734
Hans Adam Walder
1734–1734
Hans Adam Walder
1735–1735
Anna Maria Walder
1736–1810
Anna Barbara Walder
1738–1740
Barbara Walder
1739–1740
Anna Barbara Walder
1741–1820
Hans Jakob Walder
1743–1818
Hans Adam Walder
1745–1747
Hans Adam Walder
1747–1796
Anna Maria Walder
1749–1817
Johannes Walder
1751–1752

Sources (3)

  • Johannes Walder, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
  • Johannes Walder, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"
  • Johannes Walder, "Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875"

Name Meaning

English (Sussex): from Middle English walder, welder, wolder ‘dweller in the wooded region or upland’. Compare Waldman 3. This type of formation, where the suffix -er is added to a topographic term, is mainly found in southern England, especially in Sussex, Surrey and Kent.

English (Sussex): from the Middle English personal name Walder (Old English Wealdhere, from weald ‘power, rule’ + here ‘army’), the English counterpart of the Norman French name which gives rise to the much more frequent Walter .

German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Wald, or a topographic name for someone who lived in a forest or wood, Middle High German walt.

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

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