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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"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."
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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.
Possible Related Names(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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