When Ulrich Wermuth was born on 30 September 1827, in Signau, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Ulrich Wermüth, was 73 and his mother, Elisabeth Pfäffli, was 24. He married Mary Lohr about 1851, in United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1850. He died on 17 October 1906, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Arlington, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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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.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
German:
metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered or dealt in herbs, from Middle High German wërmuot ‘wormwood’.
perhaps also from the ancient Germanic personal name Warmut, composed of any of three verb forms meaning ‘to defend, protect, or warn’ + muot ‘intent, spirit’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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