Susannah 'Susan' Dieffenbacher

Brief Life History of Susannah 'Susan'

When Susannah 'Susan' Dieffenbacher was born on 4 November 1818, in Derry, Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Zum Andenken Von 'Philip' Dieffenbacher Sr., was 40 and her mother, Rosanna Emma Mauser, was 36. She married John Shiffer Terner on 11 February 1840, in Derry, Madison Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Derry Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 24 June 1886, in Derry Township, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Strawberry Ridge, Derry Township, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Shiffer Terner
1815–1882
Susannah 'Susan' Dieffenbacher
1818–1886
Marriage: 11 February 1840
Lydia A Terner
1841–1920
Rosanna Catherine Terner
1844–1924

Sources (5)

  • Susan Terner in household of John S Terner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Susannah Terner or Dieffenbacher, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Susan Dieffenbacher - Published information: burial: ; Strawberry Ridge, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States

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.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Variant of Susanna , in 2003 the most common in this group of names. It is the form of the name used in the Old Testament. The tale of Susannah, wife of Joachim , and the elders who falsely accused her of adultery, is to be found in the apocryphal book that bears her name, and was popular in the Middle Ages and later.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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