Brief Life History of Barbara
When Barbara Wolfer was born on 8 June 1855, in Maryland, United States, her father, Martin Wolfer, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Wolfer, was 14. She married Edmund Schittenhelm or Helm on 29 December 1875, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 August 1897, at the age of 42, and was buried in North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Barbara Wolfer in household of Martin Wolfer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Barbara Wolfer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Barbara Wolfer
- Barbara Wolfer, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
German:
from a shortened form of the ancient Germanic personal names Wolfher or Wolfhart, composed of the elements wolf ‘wolf’ + hari ‘army’ or hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’.
topographic name for someone who lived in a place frequented by wolves, Middle High German wolf, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places called Wolf in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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