When William H Schlosser was born on 17 October 1822, in Huntington Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Conrad Schlosser, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Drake, was 24. He married Sarah Ann Werts on 26 June 1847, in Preble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 17 February 1865, in Washington, Washington County, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Schlosser ‘locksmith’.
German (also Schlösser): topographic or occupational name for someone who worked at a castle, from Schloss with the addition of the agent or habitational suffix -er. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, and some other central European countries.
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