Brief Life History of Anna Maria "Mary"
When Anna Maria "Mary" Meisenhelter was born on 24 July 1813, in Clark, Ohio, United States, her father, Johann Jacob Meisenhelder, was 25 and her mother, Anna Maria Kleinfaelder, was 15. She married Peter Boyer on 23 October 1834, in York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Miami Township, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Shannon Township, Atchison, Kansas, United States in 1870. She died on 26 January 1899, in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States.
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- Mary Bayer in household of Peter Bayer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Ann Misenhelder Boyer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Ann Boyer in entry for Carrie Parks, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (8)
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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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
German: habitational name for someone from a place called Maisenhälden, near Neckarsulm.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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