When Hans Suter was born on 16 November 1603, in Affoltern am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland, his father, Wolfgang Suter, was 26 and his mother, Anna Schüpp, was 21. He married Anna Schnebli in February 1626, in Affoltern am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 29 December 1671, at the age of 68.
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English, German, and Dutch: occupational name for a shoemaker or cobbler (one who sews leather and other materials), from Middle English suter, souter, sutter, Middle High German sūter, Middle Dutch sutter ‘shoemaker’ (from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to sew’). Compare Sauter , Souter , Sooter , Sutor , and Sutter .
English: status name from Anglo-Norman French and Middle English sutour, suter, sutter, souter, seuter ‘follower, retainer’, ‘petitioner’, ‘suitor, a tenant whose duty it is to attend a manorial court’. The name was pronounced either with /iu/ (hence variants such as Suiter ) or with /u:/, leading to confusion with Souter , Sutor , and Sooter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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