Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Rader was born about 1796, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, Peter Meyer Roeder, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Froschauer, was 32. She married David Ray on 2 March 1824, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died from 1847 to 1850, in Indiana, United States.
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- Margaret Rader, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Margarett Rader in entry for Margaret Melling, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Land Deed-Children of Peter Rader
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World Events (8)
1796 · Tennessee Becomes a State
On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Name Meaning
German (also Räder): occupational name for a wheelwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.
German (Räder): metonymic occupational name for a flour sifter or mill hand, from Middle High German reder ‘sieve’.
German: occasionally an occupational name from Middle Low German rader ‘adviser’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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