Peter Wimmer

Brief Life History of Peter

When Peter Wimmer was born on 23 March 1842, in Columbus, Adams, Illinois, United States, his father, John Wimmer, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Hendricks, was 32. He married Mary Amelia Smith on 1 June 1865, in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880 and Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 6 January 1930, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Parowan Cemetery, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Wimmer
1842–1930
Mary Amelia Smith
1852–1915
Marriage: 1 June 1865
Peter Albert Wimmer
1869–1871
Mary Amelia Wimmer
1872–1937
John Henry Wimmer
1873–1875
Zilpha Elizabeth Wimmer
1875–1919
Clarissa Lovina Wimmer
1878–1961
Margaret Ellen Wimmer
1880–1928
George Smith Wimmer
1883–1965
Cora Penevia Wimmer
1886–1948
Charles Warren Wimmer
1889–1981
William Shirley Wimmer
1891–1892
Josephine Wimmer
1893–1983

Sources (60)

  • Peter Wimmer, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Peter Wimmer, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • Peter Wimmer, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

German: shortened form of Widmer .

German: occupational name from Middle High German wimmer ‘wine maker’.

German: nickname from Middle High German wim(m)er ‘knotty growth on a tree trunk’.

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

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Story Highlight

The Peter Wimmer, Mary Amelia Smith, and Sarah Ann Hulet Family of Parowan, Utah

(Written by Peggy Lynn Parker Throckmorton Ash, 2nd Great Granddaughter of Peter Wimmer and Mary Amelia) As Peter Wimmer waited to be ushered through the second gate of the territorial penitent …

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