John Stauffer

Maleabout 1806–

Brief Life History of John

When John Stauffer was born about 1806, in Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Harley Stauffer, was 43 and his mother, Mary Dettra, was 37. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Rachel Ott-Miller.

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Family Time Line

John Stauffer
1806–
Rachel Ott-Miller
1837–
Mary Jane Stauffer
1862–
John Stauffer
1866–1879
Lavina Stauffer
Anna Stauffer
1865–1937
Henry O Stauffer
1869–

Sources (1)

  • John Stauffer, "United States Census, 1870"

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Children (5)

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (8)

1808

Age 2

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Age 6

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1846

Age 40

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

South German:

occupational name for a maker or seller of beakers or mugs, from an agent derivative of Middle High German stouf ‘beaker, stoup’.

habitational name for someone from any of various minor places called with this word, for example Stauf, Staufen; the reference is to hills thought to resemble a beaker in shape. Compare Stouffer .

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

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