Brief Life History of Susanna
When Susanna Kiffer was born on 19 December 1848, in Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Enoch Kieffer, was 54 and her mother, Nancy Appleton, was 39. She married Michael Burket about 1876, in Neilltown, Harmony Township, Forest, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Paint Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Knox Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 8 January 1893, in Enterprise, Southwest Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Enterprise, Southwest Township, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Susanna Hifer in household of Enoch Hifer, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susan Kifer in household of Enoch Kifer, "United States Census, 1860"
- Susanna Busket in household of Michael Busket, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (6)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Franz, Erwin, Heinz, Dieter, Fritz, Alois, Aloys, Claus, Ernst, Florian, Frieda.
German: occupational name for a cooper or the overseer of a wine cellar, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kuofe ‘vat, barrel’ (from Latin cupa).
German: possibly also from an agent derivative of Middle High German kiffen ‘to quarrel’, hence a nickname for a bickerer.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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