When Susanna Britz was born on 23 July 1787, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Adam Britz, was 46 and her mother, Margaret Stover, was 35. She married Henry Snider on 24 March 1800, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1830, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States, at the age of 43.
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The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
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.
German: from a vernacular form of the Celtic personal name Brixius (see Brice ).
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place in Brandenburg named Britz.
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): acronymic surname from the first letters of Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of rabbi’ and of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name; see also Brill .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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