Franciscus Ignatius Mossbacher

15 February 1821–31 December 1890 (Age 69)
Bavaria, Germany

The Life Summary of Franciscus Ignatius

When Franciscus Ignatius Mossbacher was born on 15 February 1821, in Bavaria, Germany, his father, Joannes Jacobi Mosbacher, was 22 and his mother, Catharina Vogt, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 5 daughters with Mary Buerkett. He died on 31 December 1890, in Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Red Bud, Randolph, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franciscus Ignatius Mossbacher
1821–1890
Mary Buerkett
1840–1904
Katherine Mossbacher
1862–
Caroline Mossbacher
1863–1925
Franzicka Mossbarcher
1865–
Ignatz Mosbacher
1866–1947
Anna Mossbacher
1869–
Josephine Mossbacher
1869–

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World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 4
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1832 · Black Hawk War
Age 11
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1846
Age 25
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Moshe, Aryeh, Chaim, Gerson.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of numerous places called Mo(o)sbach, named with Old High German mos ‘peat bog’ + bach ‘stream’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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  • Franciscus Ignatius Mossbacher, "Deutschland, Geburten und Taufen 1558-1898"

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