Brief Life History of Barbara
When Barbara Hottel was born in 1778, in Toms Brook, Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, her father, Solomon Hottel, was 25 and her mother, Frances Blosser, was 35. She married Jacob B Myers on 12 February 1817, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. She died in 1860, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, at the age of 82.
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- Barbara Huddle, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Barbara Huddle, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- Ancestry Family Trees
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1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name from Hotteln near Hildesheim.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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