Ester Dozier

Female1810–about 1883

Brief Life History of Ester

When Ester Dozier was born in 1810, in Hughart, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Dozier, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Hedrick, was 39. She had at least 1 daughter with Frank Paul Holzapfel. She died about 1883, at the age of 74.

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Frank Paul Holzapfel
1810–
Ester Dozier
1810–1883
Louise Barbara Holzapfel
1830–

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    1812

    Age 2

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Age 2

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 20

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    Name Meaning

    Altered form of French Dauge or Daugé or perhaps of some other similar surname. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

    Variant of Doshier , a surname of German origin.

    In some cases possibly also French: from Old French osier ‘osier, willow’, with fused preposition d(e) ‘from’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a plantation of willows.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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