Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Weaver was born on 12 November 1821, in Glasgow, Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. She married William Gresh Hartranft on 30 May 1841, in New Hanover Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Amity Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 23 January 1883, at the age of 61, and was buried in Pottstown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Sarah Hartrauft in household of William Hartrauft, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah Wever Hartranft, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah in entry for John B. Moyer and Sallie W. Hastranft or H...tranft, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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