Nancy Anna Myers

Brief Life History of Nancy Anna

When Nancy Anna Myers was born on 21 November 1823, in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Forry, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Anna Meyer, was 23. She had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Jacob M Dubs. She lived in Heidelberg Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and United States in 1880. She died on 17 October 1898, in Hanover, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jacob M Dubs
1820–1907
Nancy Anna Myers
1823–1898
Jacob Dubs
1851–1876
Maria Dubs
1853–1897
Nancy Dubs
1854–1855
George F. Dubs
1856–1904
Anna May Dubs
1858–1948
Samuel Forry Dubs
1860–1949
Amanda E. Dubs
1863–1928
Daniel Forry Dubbs
1866–1960

Sources (11)

  • Nancy Dubbs in household of Jacob Dubbs, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Nancy Anna Forry Dubbs, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Nancy Dubs in entry for Jacob M Dubs, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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

Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.

English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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