When Susannah Hilbert was born on 13 October 1811, in Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, Daniel Hilbert Sr., was 24 and her mother, Anna Catharina Jung, was 23. She married John Ridenour on 29 January 1839, in Harrison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Farmer, Farmer Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 22 March 1898, in Defiance, Defiance, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Lost Creek Cemetery, Farmer Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
German, English, French (mainly Lorraine and Alsace), and Dutch: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements hild ‘strife, battle’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. The Middle English name Hilbert is a borrowing from Old French. Compare Hilpert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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