Brief Life History of Bernard
Bernard Greievenkamp was born on 12 August 1807, in Germany. He married Anna Mary Beckman about 1842, in Cassella, Mercer, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Marion Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 16 June 1889, in Cassella, Mercer, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81.
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Sources (4)
- Bernard Grevekamp, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bernard Greievenkamp - Government record: birth-name: Bernard Greivenkamp
- Bernard Greinenkamp in entry for Henry Greinenkamp, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1813 · Germans defeat Napolean in Leipzig
On Oct 19, 1813, Germany defeats Napolean. The commanding officer for the Allied side was Prince Karl Phillipp Schwarzenberg.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This was the name of three famous medieval churchmen: St Bernard of Menthon ( 923–1008 ), founder of a hospice on each of the Alpine passes named after him; the monastic reformer St Bernard of Clairvaux ( 1090–1153 ); and the scholastic philosopher Bernard of Chartres. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to England. A native Old English form, Beornheard, was superseded by the Norman form.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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