Brief Life History of John C.
When John C. Weaver was born on 23 March 1813, in Virginia, United States, his father, John C. Weaver, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Plonk, was 18. He married Sarah M Shepler on 15 September 1836, in Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lafayette Township, Allen, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Indiana, United States in 1870. He died on 2 January 1893, in Allen, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Zanesville, Union Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.
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- John Weaver, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Weaver, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- John C Weaver, "BillionGraves Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A brief sketch of the lives of John C Weaver & Sarah Shepler, researched by Fran Hackworth
My 2nd gg grandfather, JOHN C WEAVER, was born either 1813 as his cemetery stone reads, or 1815/16 according to the U.S. Census. His place of birth was either Ohio (1880) Census, or Indiana, accordin …
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