Elizabeth Pfautz

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Pfautz was born on 20 April 1796, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Rev David P Pfoutz, was 27 and her mother, Mary Harley Diehl, was 28. She married Daniel Brown Jr on 16 March 1818, in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hamilton Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 23 September 1863, in Carroll, Maryland, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Abbottstown, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Brown Jr
1789–1853
Elizabeth Pfautz
1796–1863
Marriage: 16 March 1818
Maria Brown
1821–
David Brown
1823–1891
Jacob F Brown
1825–1846
Susanna Brown
1826–1895
Elizabeth Brown
1831–1879
Catherine Brown
1833–1843

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Brown in household of Daniel Brown, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Pfoutz Brown, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Brown in entry for Daniel Brown, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (8)

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.

1800

Historical Boundaries 1800: Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

South German: nickname for a puffing person, from a noun derivative of Middle High German phūsen ‘to breathe hard, puff’. Compare Fouts , Foutz , Pautz , Pfouts , and Pfoutz .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Frederick Diehl, Geneology,''' 1743 - 1899

SUSAN B. GITT-LAHMAN By J.D. Haughtelin Frederick Diehl was born in Germany Jan. 5, 1743. He emigrated from Rotterdam on the ship Snow Squirrel, John Benn, Master. He landed at Philadelphia, Pa. …

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