Brief Life History of Martha
Martha Anders was born in 1818, in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States. She married George Brinson Koonce in 1834, in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bienville, Bienville, Louisiana, United States in 1850. She died before 1880.
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- Martha Koonce in household of George B Koonce, "United States Census, 1850"
- History of Bienville Parish, Volume II Christopher Koonce Family
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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
German: from the personal name Anders, a vernacular form of Andreas . This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, and France (Alsace and Lorraine), where it is of German origin, and in Sweden.
English: variant of Andrews .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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