Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Wimmer was born on 17 April 1782, in Somerville Borough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, Jacob Wimmer II, 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 Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 11 January 1861, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Peter Wimmer in household of Wm S Covert, "United States Census, 1860" [Not staying with the Covert family - Census pages out of order - see explanation in source Notes]
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Peter Wimmer, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
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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