Johannes Mohr

Brief Life History of Johannes

When Johannes Mohr was born on 8 February 1806, in Macungie, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Mohr Prvt Jr, was 33 and his mother, Hannah Harmon, was 29. He married Anna Maria Bernhardt on 10 November 1833, in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 23 March 1845, in his hometown, at the age of 39, and was buried in Zionsville, Upper Milford Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Johannes Mohr
1806–1845
Anna Maria Bernhardt
1812–1885
Marriage: 10 November 1833
Joseph Mohr
1836–

Sources (4)

  • Johannes Mohr, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S9-7QR6?cc=1999196&wc=9PMR-DP8%3A268499001%2C282399501
  • Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S9-77GB?cc=1999196&wc=9PMR-DP8%3A268499001%2C282399501

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World Events (6)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

Historical Boundaries 1812: Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

North German: topographic name for someone who lived in a fen, Middle Low German mōr.

German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Danish, and Dutch (of German origin): nickname for a man of swarthy complexion, from Middle High German mōr, German Mohr, and Middle Dutch moor ‘Moor’.

German: from a short form of an old personal name, Morhart (see Morath ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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