Brief Life History of Anna Katrina
When Anna Katrina Etter was born in 1711, in Bern, Switzerland, her father, Johannes Haÿter Etter, was 31 and her mother, Anna Marie Siegrist, was 29. She died in Mount Joy, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, and was buried in Milton Grove, Mount Joy Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Anna Catharina, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
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1728
Historical Boundaries: 1728: Chester, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1729: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Name Meaning
South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near the boundary fence of a village, from Middle High German eter ‘woven boundary fence’.
North German: from Middle Low German etter ‘uncle’ or ‘cousin’.
Swiss German: from Middle High German etter ‘cousin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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