When Joshua Housekeeper was born in 1790, in Donegal Springs, East Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Hans Hausmann, was 22 and his mother, Maria Shaeffer, was 22. He married Margaret in 1810, in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He died in January 1822, in his hometown, at the age of 32.
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Meaning ‘God is salvation’ in Hebrew; it is borne in the Bible by the Israelite leader who took command of the Children of Israel after the death of Moses and led them, after many battles, to take possession of the Promised Land. The name, long favoured by Jews and Nonconformist Christians, enjoyed a great surge in popularity in the 1990s. Well-known bearers of the name include the American pianist and conductor Joshua Rifkin ( b. 1944 ) and the American-born violinist Joshua Bell ( b. 1967 ).
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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