Susanna Haldeman

2 February 1783–14 April 1875 (Age 92)
Milford Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Susanna

When Susanna Haldeman was born on 2 February 1783, in Milford Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Haldeman, was 46 and her mother, Mary, was 43. She married John Fretz on 16 August 1808, in Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Plumstead Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 April 1875, in Gardenville, Plumstead Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Deep Run, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Fretz
1784–1843
Susanna Haldeman
1783–1875
Marriage: 16 August 1808
Sarah Fretz
1806–
Tobias Fretz
1809–1879
Henry Fretz
1810–1892
Mary Fretz
1813–1887
Jonas Fretz
1815–1895
John Fretz
1817–1899
Sarah Fretz
1818–1850
Sarah Haldeman Fretz
1826–1913
Issacher Fritz
1826–1901
Susanna Fretz
1828–1899

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 August 1808Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
    • Children

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 3
    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.
    1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
    Age 4
    On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.
    1808
    Age 25
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    (1997: 1252;2007: 2309; 2010: 3284)Americanized form of South German Haldemann: topographic name for someone who lived on a mountainside or slope, from Middle High German halde ‘slope’ + man(n) ‘man’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Halteman
    Haldiman

    Sources (11)

    • Other dates for birth and death; resolves marriage date problem (Susannah <12 when married according to this entry)
    • Susanna Fretz in household of Elias Fretz, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Susanna Holderman, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

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