Brief Life History of Johann Peter
When Johann Peter Keckler was born on 3 April 1795, in Arendtsville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johann Peter Keckler, was 31 and his mother, Anna Maria Oyler, was 27. He married Elizabeth Oyler in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 22 December 1876, in Arendtsville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Johann Peter Kekler, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Peter Keckler, "United States Census, 1820"
- Peter Keckler, "United States Census, 1830"
Spouse and Children
1795–1876 Male
1799–1888 Female
Children (9)
1821–1899 Female
1824– Female
1828–1895 Female
1830–1907 Male
1832–1857 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1763–1852 Male
1767–1851 Female
Siblings (11)
1788–1866 Female
1790–1841 Male
1792–1870 Male
1795–1876 Male
1795–1879 Male
+6 More Children
World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 5
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Age 17
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 24
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Kechler, an occupational name for a potter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kachel ‘clay pot, tile’. Later it came to denote a stove fitter who built the typical Bavarian and Austrian tile stoves.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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