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
Sources (3)
- Johannes Walder, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Johannes Walder, "Switzerland Baptisms, 1491-1940"
- Johannes Walder, "Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875"
Parents and Siblings
1706–1785 Male
1709–1782 Female
Siblings (12)
1733–1734 Male
1734–1734 Male
1735–1735 Male
1736–1810 Female
1738–1740 Female
+7 More Children
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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