Anna Hougendobler Greider

Brief Life History of Anna Hougendobler

When Anna Hougendobler Greider was born on 16 December 1839, in Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Greider, was 34 and her mother, Anna Nancy Hougendobler, was 26. She married Daniel W McCune on 27 September 1860, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. She lived in Hempfield, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Silver Spring, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 31 August 1903, at the age of 63, and was buried in Silver Spring Cemetery, Silver Spring, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

Photos and Memories (0)

Do you know Anna Hougendobler? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account

Family Time Line

Daniel W McCune
1834–1910
Anna Hougendobler Greider
1839–1903
Marriage: 27 September 1860

Sources (4)

  • Anna G McCune in household of Daniel McCune, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Anna Hougendobler Greider McCune, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Anna Greider in entry for Webster Greeder McCuen, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

Spouse and Children

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of South German Greiter, itself a variant or an altered form of South German Greuter and Swiss German Grütter or Grüter (see Grueter ). Compare Grider and Kreider .

History: The ancestors of (the majority of) the Greiders were Mennonites from Switzerland who, because of religious persecution, fled to the Palatinate in Germany and later, in the beginning of the 18th century, emigrated to PA (see Kreider ).

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

Possible Related Names

Discover Even More

As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.

Create a FREE Account

Search for Another Deceased Ancestor

Share this with your family and friends.