When Hannah Sarah Bender was born in 1828, in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Bender, was 34 and her mother, Catherine Bush, was 32. She married Andrew Rosensteel on 2 August 1849. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Adamsburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 4 March 1887, at the age of 59.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender . Compare Bainter and Painter .
English (London): metonymic occupational name for an archer or bow maker, from Middle English bender, an agent derivative of benden ‘to bend’ (Old English bendan). Compare Benbow .
Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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