When Johann Peter Mehrling was born on 23 August 1750, in Ostheim bei Butzbach, Friedberg, Hesse, Germany, his father, Johann Heinrich Mehrling, was 24 and his mother, Anna Elisabeth, was 23. He married Maria Dorothea Friebel on 3 December 1771, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died in 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 76.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
George Washington elected first president of United States.
Some characteristic forenames: German Alois, Benno, Fritz, Othmar, Otto.
German: patronymic from a short form of a compound name formed with mahal ‘gathering place, court’ (medieval thing) as the first element.
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