Maria Hoover

Brief Life History of Maria

When Maria Hoover was born on 6 January 1811, in New Holland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Christian Horst Hoover, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Myer Huber, was 21.

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Christian Horst Hoover
1784–1854
Elizabeth Myer Huber
1789–1875
Benjamin Huber
1809–1876
Maria Hoover
1811–
Solomon Huber Hoover
1812–1902
Joseph Hoover
1815–1889
Anna E. Hoover
1817–1898
Dr. Abraham Hoover
1821–1864
Levi Hoover
1823–1913
Christian Hoover
1827–1895

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    World Events (3)

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    1812 · War of 1812

    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.

    1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

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

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .

    Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.

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

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