When Susana Hershberger was born on 18 April 1802, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johannes Harshbarger, was 31 and her mother, Christena Elizabeth Fehler, was 29. She died on 1 April 1803, in Bethel, Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 0.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Americanized form of German Herschberger 1, a surname of ultimate Swiss German origin (see Hersberger ).
Americanized form of German Herschberger 2, and a variant of the same Jewish surname.
History: This (see 1 above) is the most common American variant of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Hersberger , but in Germany altered to Herschberger and Hirschberger . Other Americanized forms established among the Mennonites and Amish in the US are Harshberger and Harshbarger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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