Brief Life History of John Philip
When John Philip Dinges was born on 21 July 1816, in Millheim, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Dinges, was 22 and his mother, Magdalena Corman, was 21. He married Rebeca Krape about 1839, in Haines Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Penn Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Franklin Township, Cass, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 20 August 1886, in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States.
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- Philip Dinges, "United States Census, 1850"
- Philip Dinges, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- John P Dinges, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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German: from a vernacular form of the Latin personal name Dionysius (see Dennis ). Compare Dings .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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