Margaret Crowther was born in 1780, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Thomas Wilhelm in 1796, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She died in 1819, in Whitehouse, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 39.
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Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
English (mainly Yorkshire): variant of Crowder 1.
Scottish: possibly a variant of McGrouther, from Gaelic Mac Grùdair ‘son of (the) brewer’, from grùdair ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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