Brief Life History of Elizabeth Detweiler
When Elizabeth Detweiler Shoemaker was born on 25 March 1805, in Frederick Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George Tyson Shoemaker, was 27 and her mother, Mary Detweiler, was 29. She married Jacob Schatz about 1827, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 5 August 1846, in Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Harleysville, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elisabeth Schumacher Schatz, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliz Schatz in entry for Elizabeth Schatz Allebach, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
- Shoemaker in entry for Michael Schatz, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
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World Events (7)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schoemaker , German and Jewish Schumacher , Slovenian Šuštar (see Sustar ) or Greek Papoutsis .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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