Brief Life History of Margreta
When Margreta Schenckel was born on 5 November 1759, in Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Philip Carl Schenckel, was 42 and her mother, Maria Elisabetha Zimpelmann, was 42. She married Stephen Peter Bolender Sr. on 29 August 1779, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 10 January 1804, in Lewis Township, Brown, Ohio, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Shinkles Ridge, Lewis Township, Brown, Ohio, United States.
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- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Margretha Bollender in entry for Elisabeth Bollender, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
German: diminutive of Scheck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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