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: 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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