Brief Life History of Mahala
When Mahala Knapp was born in 1796, in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Knapp, was 39 and her mother, Eunice Wilcox, was 31. She married Talmon D. Beardsley about 1816, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 13 daughters. She lived in Berlin Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 5 March 1879, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Mahala Beardsley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mehalak Knapp im Eintrag für G.W. Bolinger und Elvira Purvis, „Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016“
- Mahala Beardsley in entry for Paul W Bervis and Unknown, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
Spouse and Children
1797–1846 Male
1796–1879 Female
Children (20)
1818– Male
1819– Male
1819–1856 Male
1820– Female
1821– Female
+15 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1757–1835 Male
1765–1832 Female
Siblings (14)
1781–1873 Male
1782– Male
1783–1855 Female
1786–1874 Male
1786– Female
+9 More Children
World Events (7)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 4
1810
Age 14
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 23
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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