Brief Life History of Maria Catharina
When Maria Catharina Kloss was born on 6 November 1763, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johannes Alsace Kloss, was 39 and her mother, Maria Barbara Strauss, was 27. She married Wilhelm Diehm on 17 June 1786, in Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 25 February 1844, in her hometown, at the age of 80, and was buried in Alsace Lutheran Church Cemetery, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Maria Catharina Gloss, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Catharina Gloss, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"
- Find a Grave: Maria Catharine Klohs Diehm
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
German (also Klöss): from the South and East German personal name Kloss, a short form of Nikolaus, German form of Nicholas . Compare Klos . The form Klöss is found in Württemberg and Rhineland.
German: nickname from Middle High German kloʒ ‘lump, tangle, snarl, block, wooden wedge’, for a coarse or crude person.
Germanized form of Sorbian and Polish Kłos ‘ear or spike of cereal’ (see Klos 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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