Brief Life History of John
When John Dilts was born on 8 June 1816, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Peter Dilts, was 30 and his mother, Jane Coulter, was 29. He married Margaret Means in 1841, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 13 January 1899, in Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Perry Township, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Dilts, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Dilts, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- John Diles in entry for John M Gamble and Charlotte J Mchenry, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
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
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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of German Dils and possibly also of some other similar (like-sounding and cognate) surname, such as Dilz (see Diltz 1). Compare Diltz 2.
History: The (majority of the) Dilts family trace their origin to the brothers Wilhelm and Johann Peter Dils (also Dilss) from Urbach, Germany, who settled with their families in NJ in the first half of the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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