When Paul Shirk Weber was born on 22 June 1919, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Gehman Weber, was 22 and his mother, Alice Good Shirk, was 22. He had at least 1 son with Ruth Steffy Wenger. He lived in Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 14 May 2017, in Lititz, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Bowmansville, Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a weaver, Middle High German wëber, German Weber, an agent derivative of weben ‘to weave’. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, and the Netherlands. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wéber and Véber. In Russia, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia, and Croatia it is (also) established in the Slavicized form Veber , which is in Czechia also spelled Vebr. Compare Waber , Weaber , Weaver , Webber , and Webre .
History: As a name of ultimately Swiss German origin the surname Weber is also established among the American Mennonites. However, descendants of the early Mennonite settlers, who came to PA in the early 18th century, mostly bear the Americanized form of the name (see Weaver ).
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