Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Werner was born on 3 April 1783, in Midway, South Lebanon Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Henry Werner, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Miller, was 32. She married Benjamin Bitner about 1807. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Harris Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 18 August 1852, in Tusseyville, Potter Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Tusseyville, Potter Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elizabeth Bitner in household of Benjam Bitner, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Bitner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1800
Historical Boundaries 1800: Centre, Pennsylvania, United States
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Erwin, Heinz, Gerhard, Ernst, Helmut, Horst, Klaus, Arno, Dieter.
German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The surname of German origin is also found in Britain (compare Warner ) and France (Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Verner .
Germanized or Americanized form of Czech, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish, Croatian, and Slovenian Verner , a cognate or variant of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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