Brief Life History of Katharine Barbara
When Katharine Barbara Hermann was born on 15 June 1834, in Riedenberg, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, her father, Jacob Friedrich Hermann, was 37 and her mother, Christiane Katherine Keifer, was 37. She married Charles Merker in April 1854, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1846 and lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Allegheny Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 13 December 1886, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Peaksville, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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- Catherine Merker in household of Charles Merker, "United States Census, 1880"
- Katharine Barbara Hermann, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Katharina Barbara Hermann, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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Historical Boundaries 1836: Clark County, Missouri
1852 · The Book of Mormon Published in German
On May 25, 1852, the Book of Mormon is published in German.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Hans, Jurgen, Mathias, Gottlieb, Horst, Juergen, Klaus, Lorenz, Bernd, Dieter, Erwin.
German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and some other European countries; see also below. Compare Harman 5.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of German name (see 1 above). Compare Herman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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