Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Slaymaker was born on 25 November 1774, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Daniel Slaymaker Sr, was 38 and her mother, Agilis Gilsey Young, was 38. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Philip Ferree. She died in February 1863, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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
English: occupational name for someone who made slays, from Middle English slay(e) ‘slay (an instrument used in weaving to beat up the weft)’ + -maker. See Slay 1 and compare Sleeman 2.
Altered form of German Schleiermacher, an occupational name for a maker or shawls or scarves, from Middle High German sleier ‘scarf, shawl, veil’ + macher ‘maker’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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