Maria Elizabeth Theiss

Brief Life History of Maria Elizabeth

When Maria Elizabeth Theiss was born on 30 October 1739, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, Hans Matheus Theiss, was 35 and her mother, Susanna Barbara Lauer, was 34. She married Nicholas Kilmer in 1763. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She died in March 1831, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Rehrersburg, Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nicholas Kilmer
1736–1811
Maria Elizabeth Theiss
1739–1831
Marriage: 1763
David Kilmer Sr
1764–1843
Adam Kilmer
–1835
David Kilmer
1767–1773
Michael Kilmer
1767–1773
Jonathan Kilmer
1769–1836
Isaac Kilmer
1769–1836
Eve Margaretta Kilmer
1771–1847
Maria Barbara Kilmer
1773–
Maria Marlena Magdalena Kilmer
1775–1852
Johannes Nicholas Killmer
1778–1851
Anna Elizabeth Kilmer
1780–1853
Maria Margaret Kilmer
1782–1853
Eva Elizabeth Killmer
1783–1847

Sources (14)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mrs. Elizabeth Tice
  • Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages, 1730-1799
  • Tice Kilmer, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1752

Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Helmut, Ingo, Johann, Klaus, Viktor.

North German: variant of Theis .

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

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