When Margaret "Margarette" Sievely was born in 1776, in Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Sivley, was 57 and her mother, Maria Catherine Guenther, was 42. She married Joseph Altdorpha on 31 December 1797, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1850. She died in 1852, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 76.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Scottish: see Staveley .
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