Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Myers was born on 3 October 1793, in Frederick, Virginia, United States, his father, Johannes Mayer, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Moon, was 34. He married Mary Magdalena Beighley on 27 March 1817, in Connoquenessing Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Connoquenessing Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 4 May 1881, in Lancaster Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Middle Lancaster, Lancaster Township, Butler, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Samuel Myers, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samuel Myers, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Samuel Meyers in entry for Luther Meyers, "Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800
Historical Boundaries 1800: Butler, 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
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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