Brief Life History of Barbara
Barbara Oyer was born on 24 August 1825, in Alsace, France. She married Benjamin Reidiger Jr on 28 March 1842, in Woodford, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Washington, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 30 October 1881, in Tazewell, Illinois, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Groveland Evangelical Mennonite Cemetery, Groveland Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States.
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- Barbara Redger in household of Benjamin Redger, "United States Census, 1850"
- Barbara Oyer Rediger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Barbara Oyer in entry for Phoebe Freidinger, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
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1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Tazewell, Illinois, United States
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Eyer .
French: from a variant of Old French oier, an agent derivative of oie ‘goose’, denoting a gooseherd or someone who sold geese or roast goose meat. Compare Loyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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