Johann Matter

Brief Life History of Johann

When Johann Matter was born about 1332, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Wilhelm MATTER, was 34 and his mother, Wilhelm Matter, was 32. He married Elisabeth Tschachtlan. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died after 1400.

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Johann Matter
1332–1400
Elisabeth Tschachtlan
1336–1408
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Klara Matter
1364–1430
Grossrat Peter Matter
1366–1422

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  • Johann MATTER: http://gw.geneanet.org/phcoste?lang=de;pz=philippe;nz=coste;ocz=1;p=johann;n=matter
  • Matter: http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D20045.php

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Name Meaning

German: topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Matte 1 + -er, suffix denoting an inhabitant.

English (Lancashire); Dutch (also De Matter): occupational name for a maker of mats, from an agent derivative of Middle English matte, Middle Dutch mat ‘mat’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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