Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Lohnes was born on 8 April 1719, in Höchst im Odenwald, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse, Germany, his father, Johann Leonhard Lehn, was 39 and his mother, Anna Katharina Barth, was 29. He married Anna Barbara Kahl on 13 November 1736, in Höchst im Odenwald, Odenwaldkreis, Hesse, Germany. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 4 May 1794, in LaHave, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint John's Anglican Church Crypt, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- Johannes Lones, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- John Lohnes, "Find A Grave Index"
- Johann Peter Lohnes in entry for Johann Leonhard Lohnes and Anna Katharina Hofferberth, "Germany Marriages, 1558-1929"
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1745 · First Siege of Louisbourg
The siege of Louisbourg in present day Cape Breton Island started on May 11, 1745. There was already 1500 British troops there soon 200 French arrived to fight them. Many of the fisheries in the area were destroyed which hurt the province. The battle lasted until June 28, 1745, when the French surrendered.
1758 · Legislature Established
October 2, 1758, the Nova Scotia legislature was established. They met in a wooden building and consisted of 22 men.
1761
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Name Meaning
German: from a vernacular shortened form of the medieval personal name Apollonius (see Apolonio ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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