When Mary Polly Klock was born on 1 June 1788, in Snells Bush, Manheim, Herkimer, New York, United States, her father, George G. Klock, was 45 and her mother, Catharine Bellinger, was 39. She married Friedrich Godfry Timmerman in 1805, in Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 4 February 1872, in Orleans, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Orleans Cemetery, Orleans Four Corners, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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George Washington elected first president of United States.
Established in 1791
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Dutch and North German:
nickname from Middle Dutch or Low German cloec, clo(o)c ‘deft, skillful, clever’.
topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bell, Middle High German glocke, Middle Dutch clocke. In some instances this may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a bell maker or bell ringer.
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