Brief Life History of John David
When Reverend John David Roth was born on 13 June 1775, in Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Reverend Johannes Ferdinand Roth, was 49 and his mother, Maria Agnes Pfingstag, was 40. He married Mary Catherine Alsthaus in 1796. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Muddy Creek Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1840 and Franklin Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. In 1850, at the age of 75, his occupation is listed as farmer in Franklin Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 8 November 1859, in Prospect, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Prospect, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- David Roth, "United States Census, 1850"
- John David Roth, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- David Roth, "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
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
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair, from Middle High German rōt, German rot ‘red’. As a Jewish name it is at least in part artificial: its frequency as a Jewish surname is disproportionate to the number of Jews who, one may reasonably assume, were red-headed during the period of surname adoption. This form of the German surname (especially in this sense and in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), where it is most common, and in some other European countries, e.g. Czechia and Croatia.
German and English (Middlesex): topographic name for someone who lived on land that had been cleared, from Old High German rod, Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’. In England, the name may also be a habitational name from any of the places like Rothend in Ashdon (Essex), Roe End in Markyate (Hertfordshire), Roe Green in Hatfield (Hertfordshire), or Roe Green in Sandon (Hertfordshire).
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’. Compare Rode 1, Ross 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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