He was described as the miller at Zettinger Muehle and at Wirfus Muehle. The wedding record said he was a miller at Wirfus and that he and his wife were third cousins. The baptismal notice of his child Anna said the family lived in Wirfus. The notice for his son Johann Peter gave the father’s name as Johann Peter. He was the brother of Maria who married his wife’s brother Franz. He was also the brother of Johann and Johann Peter Goebel who married his wife’s first cousins, the sisters Elisabeth and Katharine Jungclas.
Peter was a baptismal sponsor in 1788 for his nephew Peter, the son of Anton Muennich and Anna Katharine Jungclas of Wirfus.

Her brother Franz was married to Maria Goebel, her first husband’s sister. Her first cousins Elisabeth Jungclas and Katharine Jungclas were married to her husband’s brothers Johann and Johann Peter Goebel.