When Hannah Bilger was born on 10 December 1807, in New Hanover Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johannes Bigler, was 20 and her mother, Catherine Newman, was 18. She married Johann Jacob Wetzel about 1825. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 5 September 1867, in New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in New Berlin Cemetery, New Berlin, Union, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Historical Boundaries: 1813: Union, Pennsylvania, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
German: nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage, from Middle High German bilgerīm ‘pilgrim’.
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