Johannes Peter
6 February 1803–3 September 1804 (Age 1)
Berg am Irchel, Zürich, Switzerland
The Life of Johannes
When Johannes Peter was born on 6 February 1803, in Berg am Irchel, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Hans Jacob Peter, was 46 and his mother, Barbara Vaterlaus, was 34. He died on 3 September 1804, at the age of 1.
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Family Time Line
Hans Jacob Peter
1756–1840
Barbara Vaterlaus
1768–1840
Elisabeth Peter
1793–1793
Regula Peter
1798–1893
Johannes Peter
1803–1804
Parents and Siblings
1756–1840Male
1768–1840Female
siblings
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1793–1793Female
1798–1893Female
1803–1804Male
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, German, Dutch, etc.: from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’, ‘stone’). The name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); St. Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ's saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-Germanic origin until the 14th century. This surname has also absorbed many cognates in other languages, for example Czech Petr, Hungarian Péter. It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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