Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Sommer was born on 9 July 1780, in Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Sommer, was 30 and his mother, Anna Willi, was 27. He married Anna Jakob on 22 September 1805, in Langnau im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 29 December 1859, at the age of 79, and was buried in Signau, Bern, Switzerland.
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- Peter im Eintrag für Christian Salzmann, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
- Petrus in entry for Christian Lahmann, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Peter in entry for Christian Lehmann, "Switzerland, Catholic and Reformed Church Records, 1418-1996"
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World Events (5)
1798
Revolution in Switzerland. Farmers in occupied territories become free citizens. Centralistic parliamentary republic according to French model. Occupation by French troops and some battles of Napoleon vs. Austria and Russia in Switzerland.
1800
Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
1803
"Civil war brings Helvetic Republic to an end. French emperor Napoleon enforces a constitution negotiated under his ""mediation""."
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Fritz, Aloys, Helmut, Wolfram, Armin, Eldor, Erwin, Gerhard, Guenther.
German, Danish, and Norwegian: from Middle German sumer, Danish, Norwegian sommer ‘summer’, a nickname for someone with a warm or sunny disposition, or for someone associated with the season of summer in some other way, e.g. because he was born or found (as a foundling) in this part of the year, or through a tax or rent obligation, or from living in a sunny place.
German: occupational name from Middle High German soumǣre, sommer, Middle Low German somer(e) ‘pack animal’, or a leader of those.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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