Thomas Lazarus

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Lazarus was born in 1816, in Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Lazarus, was 55 and his mother, Anna Maria Hartzell, was 39. He married Rachel Miller before 1845, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Hanover Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 13 December 1888, in Buttonwood, Hanover Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hanover, Nanticoke, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Lazarus
1816–1888
Rachel Miller
1817–1888
Emily E Lazarus
1841–
Lucy A. Lazarus
1842–1898
Mary Lazarus
1845–
George Lazarus
1847–1931
Margaret De Witt Lazarus
1848–1916
Lucinda M. Lazarus
1854–1921
Chester B. Lazarus
1856–1911
Estella Lazarus
1859–1891

Sources (4)

  • Tho'S Lazarus, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Find A Grave
  • Thos Lazarus, "United States Census, 1860"

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

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Avi, Aviva, Baruch, Chaya, Hyman, Isador, Mendel, Morty, Moshe, Naftali, Shula.

Jewish (western Ashkenazic) and German: variant of Lazar .

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

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