When David Witmer Herr was born on 6 July 1752, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Herr, was 42 and his mother, Anna Weidner Witmer, was 43. He married Eve Barr on 29 June 1780, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 June 1835, in his hometown, at the age of 82, and was buried in Willow Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, Willow Street, West Lampeter Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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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.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German herre, German Herr ‘master, lord’, applied as a nickname for someone who gave himself airs and behaved in a lordly manner, or as an occupational name for someone in the service of the lord of the manor. As a Jewish surname it is often artificial. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Hungary.
Southeast Asian (Hmong): variant of Her 1.
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