Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Breneman was born on 23 December 1793, in Manor Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Bowman Brenneman, was 30 and her mother, Elizabetha Bossler, was 26. She married Jacob Warfel about 1812, in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 9 August 1837, in Conestoga Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Esther Warfel or Brenneman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Esther Warfel in entry for Louis A Geiger and Rachel Warfel, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Esther Warfel or Brenneman, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German (ultimately mostly Swiss German) Brennemann (see Brenneman ).
Jewish: variant of Brenner .
History: This (see 1 above) is a variant of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Brönnimann (see Brenneman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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