When Henry Surber was born on 14 January 1798, in Washington, Virginia, United States, his father, Adam Surber Jr., was 18 and his mother, Ruth Hubble, was 19. He married Nancy A. Whitehead before 1820, in Washington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died on 5 February 1848, at the age of 50, and was buried in Brandywine Cemetery, Fairland, Brandywine Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.
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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.
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The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
German: variant of Sorber 2, a topographic name from a the dialect word surbe, sorbe ‘marsh’, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Swiss German: habitational name for someone from the area of the river Surb near Zurich, Switzerland. Compare Sorber 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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