When Mary Shuman was born on 28 October 1805, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Shuman, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Miller, was 27. She married Michael J. Loy in June 1825, in Perry, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 August 1864, in Blain, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Duncannon Union Cemetery, Duncannon, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries: 1820: Perry, Pennsylvania, United States
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schumann .
Americanized form of German Schumann ‘shoemaker’ and of its Polish variant Szuman.
Americanized form of Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Czech, and Slovak Šuman (see Suman ), which is in part of German origin (see 2 above).
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