Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Keckler was born on 30 January 1814, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Abraham Keckler, was 23 and her mother, Maria Catherine Arendt, was 21. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with John D McKinney. She lived in Menallen Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860.
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Sources (6)
- John Mckinney, "United States Census, 1840"
- Maria Geckler, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Legacy NFS Source: Maria Keckler - christening: 3 April 1814; Arendtsville, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
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World Events (8)
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Kechler, an occupational name for a potter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kachel ‘clay pot, tile’. Later it came to denote a stove fitter who built the typical Bavarian and Austrian tile stoves.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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