Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Brewer was born on 19 October 1802, in Virginia, United States, her father, Christopher Brewer, was 27 and her mother, Anna Levering, was 24. She married Thomas Charles Hellyer II on 31 May 1824, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1870. She died on 25 May 1896, in Appanoose, Iowa, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Moravia, Appanoose, Iowa, United States.
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- Margaret Hilliard, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cynthia Racey - Government record: birth: about 1780; Virginia, United States
- Margaret Brewer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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