When Elias Wolfkill was born in 1775, in Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Philip Conrad Wolfkill, was 37 and his mother, Anna Marie Sprenger, was 40. He married Mrs. Elias Wolfkiel about 1797. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Biblical name, from the Greek form (used in the New Testament) of the name of the prophet Elijah . It is one of a number of Old Testament names which have come back into favour since the latter part of the 20th century. See also Ellis .
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