Brief Life History of Johannes
When Johannes Boyer was born on 2 September 1777, in Frederick Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John William Boyer, was 38 and his mother, Appolonia, was 32. He married Maria Margaretha Rudy in 1797, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 26 April 1830, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Salford Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Johannes Bayer, "Find a Grave Index"
- John Beyer in entry for John Beyer, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- John Beyer in entry for Jonas Beyer, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1784
Historical Boundaries: 1784: Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
French: regional variant of Bouvier ‘herdsman’. This surname is also found in Haiti. Compare Bouyea and Boyea .
Altered form of German Bayer or Beyer .
German: habitational name for someone from Boye (near Celle-Hanover).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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