Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Britts was born on 31 May 1779, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Adam Britz, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Stover, was 27. She married Jacob Waggoner on 2 May 1808. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died from 1820 to 1838.
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- Wagner, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Marg'T Brtiz, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Margaret Britz in entry for Jacob Waggoner, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1784
Historical Boundaries: 1784: Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
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.
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Britz .
English: variant of Britt (see Brett ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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