Henry Weaver

Male26 March 1813–after 1873

Brief Life History of Henry

When Henry Weaver was born on 26 March 1813, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes John Weber, was 22 and his mother, Anna Maria Gartee, was 21. He had at least 1 daughter with Susanna Harriet Weaver. He lived in Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died after 1873, at the age of 8186.

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Family Time Line

Henry Weaver
1813–1873
Susan Crider
1816–
John Wesley Weaver
1836–1927
Mary Weaver
1837–
Cyrus Weaver
1842–1929
Susannah Weaver
1845–
William Henry Weaver
1846–1919
Fannie Weaver
1846–1881
David Weaver
1849–
Clarinda "Clara" Weaver
1854–1906

Sources (10)

  • Henry Weaver, "United States Census, 1850"
  • William Henry Weaver in entry for Cyrus Weaver, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
  • Henry Weaver, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 6

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 7

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 17

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

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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