Emma Zundel

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Zundel was born about 1798, in Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Zundel, was 25 and her mother, Sarah, was 23.

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Robert Peirce
1797–1884
Emma Zundel
1798–

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    World Events (3)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    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.

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

    Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

    Name Meaning

    German (also Zündel): from a diminutive of Zunder, a metonymic occupational name for a seller of kindling wood, from Middle High German zunder ‘tinder’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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