Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Fessler was born on 7 March 1794, in Pine Grove, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Michael Fessler, was 30 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Gutman, was 27. He had at least 5 sons and 5 daughters with Anna Maria Polly Schaeffer. He died on 4 June 1832, in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 38.
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- Samuel Fessler in entry for Peter Fessler, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Samuel Fessler in entry for Maria Fessler, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Samuel Fessler in entry for Samuel Fessler, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a cooper, Middle High German vezzeler, an agent derivative of faz ‘barrel, keg’.
Swiss German: nickname for a complainer, probably from Middle High German vassen ‘to enquire, to investigate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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