When Catherina Lederer was born on 24 August 1756, in Stone Arabia, Palatine, Montgomery, New York, United States, her father, Johannes Jacob Lederer, was 34 and her mother, Elisabetha Dillenbach, was 31.
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Historical Boundaries 1772: Tyron, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Tyron, New York, United States 1784: Montgomery, New York, United States
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Alois, Ernst, Gerda, Helmut, Horst, Monika, Walther.
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tanner or leatherworker, Middle High German lēderære, German Lederer. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine).
History: The first known immigrant bearing this name, John (Johannes) Lederer, was a traveler and explorer who came to VA from Germany in 1668. He was ill-treated by the inhabitants of VA and fled for his life to MD, where he was naturalized in 1671.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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