Brief Life History of Christian Reiff
When Christian Reiff Weber was born on 16 August 1793, in Towamencin Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John George Weidner Weber, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Schneider Reiff, was 24. He married Charlotte Anna Casselberry on 19 October 1815, in Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Norriton Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 16 November 1865, in Jeffersonville, West Norriton Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Jeffersonville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Christian Weaver, "United States Census, 1850"
- Christian Weber, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Christian Weber, "United States Census, 1860"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a weaver, Middle High German wëber, German Weber, an agent derivative of weben ‘to weave’. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, and the Netherlands. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wéber and Véber. In Russia, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia, and Croatia it is (also) established in the Slavicized form Veber , which is in Czechia also spelled Vebr. Compare Waber , Weaber , Weaver , Webber , and Webre .
History: As a name of ultimately Swiss German origin the surname Weber is also established among the American Mennonites. However, descendants of the early Mennonite settlers, who came to PA in the early 18th century, mostly bear the Americanized form of the name (see Weaver ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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