When Alois Louis DeGonzague Zinger was born on 21 January 1813, in Soufflenheim, Bas-Rhin, France, his father, Johannes Chrysostimus Zinger, was 47 and his mother, Margaretha Hasser, was 44. He married Maria Anna Linsener in 1840, in Maryhill, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1835 and lived in Woolwich Township, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Carrick Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada in 1881. He died on 9 February 1889, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 76, and was buried in Maryhill, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Restoration and constitutional monarchy (Louis XVIII, Charles X). Revolution of 1830. Reign of Louis-Philippe. Economic prosperity. Rapid development of industrialization. First railways. First colonies established.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Bentsion, Dorit, Eyal, Hanon, Mayer, Moisey, Moysey, Rakhil, Rozalya, Sarra, Yakov. Russian Leonid, Mikhail, Aleksandr, Anatoliy, Beyla, Grigoriy, Vladimir, Yevgeniya, Yuriy.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Singer .
Dutch: variant of Zanger .
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