Brief Life History of Anna Marie
When Anna Marie Gish was born on 25 October 1757, in White Oak, Penn Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Matthias Gish, was 47 and her mother, Katharina Bauer, was 47. She married Johannes Brinser in 1770, in White Oak, Penn Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 10 March 1846, in Londonderry Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Brinser Cemetery, Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Anna Maria Gish Brinser, "Find A Grave Index"
- Related Families of Botetourt County, Virginia
- Anna Marie Brinser, "Find A Grave Index"
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1761
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1776
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Gisch: from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Gisulf, composed of the elements gis (from gīsil ‘pledge, hostage, noble offspring’; see Giesel ) + wolf, wulf ‘wolf’.
History: Matthias Gisch from Assweiler in the Palatinate (now in Saarland) arrived in Philadelphia, PA, in 1733 with a group of Mennonites. He is the progenitor of the majority of the American Gish families.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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