Brief Life History of Anna Margareth Magdalena
When Anna Margareth Magdalena Halemeyer was born in 1750, in Prussia, Germany, her father, Daniel Halemeyer, was 22 and her mother, Catrine Ilsabe Schröders, was 20. She married Jacob Rau on 19 March 1772, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in 1815, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Anna Margaretha Magdalena Halemeyer, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Anna Margaretha Magdalena Halemeyer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Anna Margaretha Magdalena Halemeyer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
German: distinguishing name for the tenant farmer (see Meyer ) of a farm by an enclosure, from Middle Low German hac, hage ‘hedge, enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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