Brief Life History of Maria Catherine
Maria Catherine Harshbarger was born on 12 March 1807, in Pennsylvania, United States. She married Jacob Immel in 1825, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Penn Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Gregg Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 1 December 1881, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Katherine Emill in household of Jacob Emill, "United States Census, 1870"
- Catherine Immel, „Find A Grave Index“
- Catharin Imle in household of John Lingel, "United States Census, 1880"
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Children (6)
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Hirschberger 1 and 2. Compare Harshberger .
Americanized form of German Hirschberger 3 or Herschberger 1, surnames of ultimate Swiss German origin (see Hersberger ).
History: This (see 2 above) is one of the American variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Hersberger , but in Germany altered to Hirschberger and Herschberger . Other Americanized forms established among the Mennonites and Amish in the US are Harshberger and Hershberger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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