Verena Peter

19 December 1772–14 January 1851 (Age 78)
Gontenschwil, Bern, Switzerland

The Life Summary of Verena

When Verena Peter was born on 19 December 1772, in Gontenschwil, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Joseph Peter, was 34 and her mother, Verena Lienhard, was 34. She married Heinrich Bolliger in February 1795. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 January 1851, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Heinrich Bolliger
1768–1843
Verena Peter
1772–1851
Marriage: February 1795
Johann Rudolf
1795–1836
Verena
1798–1871
Susanna
1801–1891
Maria
1805–1815
Heinrich Bolliger
1807–1875
Elisabeth Bolliger
1828–1902

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    February 1795
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (4)

    1798
    Age 26
    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
    Age 28
    Switzerland is one of the first industrialized countries in Europe.
    1848
    Age 76
    New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Ernst, Fritz, Heinz, Helmut, Horst, Kaspar, Klaus, Siegfried, Wolfgang.English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (Alsace and Lorraine), Czech (Moravian), Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian; Hungarian (Péter): from the personal name Peter (Greek Petros, from petra ‘rock’). The personal name was popular throughout Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, having been bestowed by Christ as a byname on the apostle Simon bar Jonah, the brother of Andrew. The name was chosen by Christ for its symbolic significance (John 1:42, Matt. 16:18); Saint Peter is regarded as the founding head of the Christian Church in view of Christ's saying, ‘Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church’. In Christian Germany in the early Middle Ages this was the most frequent personal name of non-ancient Germanic origin until the 14th century. In North America, this surname has also absorbed cognates from other languages, for example Czech Petr , Polish Piotr and Pietr, Albanian Pjetri (from the personal name Pjetër, definite form Pjetri), and also their derivatives (see examples at Peterson ). It has also been adopted as a surname by Ashkenazic Jews.

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

    Possible Related Names

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    Sources (1)

    • Verena in entry for Johannes Hofer, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"

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