Brief Life History of Christina
When Christina Boeckel was born on 6 March 1777, in Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Tobias Boeckel, was 22 and her mother, Salome Glatt, was 22. She married Johann Jacob Born in 1801, in Graceham, Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1860, in Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in North Heidelberg Church Cemetery, Robesonia, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Christina Boeckel Born, "Find A Grave Index"
- Christina Beckel in entry for Lydia Born, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
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.
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.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Manfred, Eberhard, Otto.
German (Böckel) and Dutch (Van Boeckel): habitational name from any of several places called Böckel, in the Rhineland, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony, or from the villages of Boekel in North Holland and North Brabant.
German (Böckel): nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German boc ‘buck, ram’. Compare Beckel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Christena Beckel
Christena married Jacob Born in 1801 at age 23, a man who wife had died in 1800 and left six children. Christena and Jacob had seven children.Daniel 1802 who lived one mo., Friedrich J.1804 drowned ag …
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