When Peter Wimmer was born on 17 April 1782, in Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jacob Wimmer III, was 19 and his mother, Jemima Laboyteaux, was 18. He married Elizabeth Shirley on 9 April 1803, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1864, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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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.
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