When John Kitzmiller was born on 23 January 1777, in Maryland, United States, his father, George Adam Kitzmiller, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Welchans, was 31. He married Elizabeth Wolford on 1 September 1800, in Washington, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 30 July 1860, in Ogle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83.
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In 1781, Maryland donated land to be used for part of Washington, D. C.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
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.
Americanized form of German Kitzmüller (see Kitz + Muller ), a nickname for a miller who kept goats; alternatively, the first element may be from a personal name formed with the ancient Germanic element Gid-, cognate with Old English gidd ‘song’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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