Lucy Kauffman

Brief Life History of Lucy

When Lucy Kauffman was born on 26 February 1830, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andrew Kauffman, was 26 and her mother, Magdalena Erb, was 19. She married Jacob Brubacher Eby on 3 September 1845, in Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Nichol Township, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1871. She died on 24 September 1877, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 47, and was buried in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Brubacher Eby
1826–1882
Lucy Kauffman
1830–1877
Marriage: 3 September 1845
Franklin Stanton Eby
1846–1928
Andrew Eby
1847–1925
Amelia Eby
1849–1929
Blendina Eby
1850–1916
Magdalena Eby
1852–1916
Nancy Eby
1854–1877
Caroline Eby
1856–1876
Urias Eby
1857–
Henry Eby
1859–1886
Daniel Eby
1861–1864
Allan Eby
1863–1936
Ida Eby
1864–1947
Emma Maud Eby
1866–1954
Albert E. Eby
1867–1938
Jacob Eby
1870–1870

Sources (16)

  • Lucey Ebey in household of Jacob B Ebey, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lucy Kauffman - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lucy Kauffman
  • Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1926

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World Events (7)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

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.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Kaufmann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. Compare Kaufman .

History: As a name of Swiss German origin, originally spelled Kaufmann (see 1 above), the surname Kauffman is very common among the American Mennonites and Amish; variants, such as Kaufman and Coffman , are also found. The main progenitors of the Mennonite bearers of this name were of Swiss ancestry, but came to PA (Lancaster and Berks counties) from the Palatinate, Germany, in the 18th century. Later Mennonite immigrants bearing this name came to the US also from Galicia and Volhynia in Eastern Europe.

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

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