Brief Life History of George Henry
When George Henry Brewer was born on 11 June 1833, in Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Isaac Brewer, was 44 and his mother, Charlotte Potter, was 40. He married Abigail Davis Twiss on 6 September 1857, in Charlton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ashton, Lee, Illinois, United States for about 40 years. He died in 1912, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ashton, Lee, Illinois, United States.
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- George H Brewer, "United States Census, 1850"
- George H. Brewer, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
- George Brewer, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1839
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Lee, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from Middle English brewere ‘brewer’ (an agent derivative of Old English brēowan ‘to brew’). Compare Brewster .
English (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere ), a habitational name from a place so called in Calvados, France, from Old French bruiere ‘heath’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Brouwer , German Brauer or Breuer , etc., all occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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