Brief Life History of Amelia
When Amelia Eiker was born on 29 June 1814, in Liberty Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Meyers Eiker Sr., was 42 and her mother, Nancy Zimmerman, was 35. She married Samuel Hoover on 10 March 1835, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hamiltonban Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 11 August 1868, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Gentry Cemetery, Wayne, Indiana, United States.
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- Amelia Hoover in household of Samuel Hoover, "United States Census, 1860"
- Amelia Eicher, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"
- Amelia Eiker Hoover, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1816
Indiana is the 19th state.
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.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name formed with agi ‘point, edge (of a sword)’.
Perhaps an altered form of German Eicher .
Norwegian: plural form of Eike .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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