Brief Life History of Casper Deidrich
When Casper Deidrich Fahnestock was born on 11 April 1724, in Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Johann Diedrich Fahnestock, was 28 and his mother, Anna Margaretta Werth, was 21. He married Anna Maria Catharina Gleim on 3 December 1759, in Ephrata, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America in 1754. He died on 17 August 1808, in East Whiteland Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fahnestock Family Burial Ground, General Warren Village, East Whiteland Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Casper Fanstock, "United States Census, 1800"
- Casper Fahnestock, "Find A Grave Index"
- Casper Fahnestock in entry for Charles Fahnestock, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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World Events (4)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1786
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
Name Meaning
Altered form of North German Fahrenstück: topographic name either from Middle Low German vor(n) ‘swamp, bog’, or from the fused preposition and definite article vorn ‘before the, in front of the’ + Middle High German stück ‘piece (of land), field’. In German, Fahnestock means literally ‘flag pole’. The surname Fahrenstück is very rare in Germany.
History: Johann Diedrich Fahrenstück arrived in 1726 in New York from Hagen, Germany. From the second generation onward, the name has been conventionally spelled as Fahnestock, after a variety of spellings of the name in early colonial records.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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