Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Buckholder was born in 1774, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Ulrich Burkholder Jr, was 23 and her mother, Mary Landis, was 20. She married John Moyer in 1796, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died in 1840, at the age of 66, and was buried in Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Esther Moyer in entry for Elizabeth Mertz, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
German: altered form of Swiss German Burkhalter . The surname Burkholder is rare in Germany.
History: This is the most common form of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Burkhalter , but in Germany (and in the US) altered to Burkholder and Borkholder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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