Brief Life History of Nicholas
When Nicholas Kaufman was born on 30 April 1779, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Hoch Kaufman Sr, was 52 and his mother, Hannah Martha Hill, was 38. He married Elizabeth Wilman on 16 March 1823, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Miles Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 July 1865, in Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Porter Township, Clinton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Nicholas Kaufman, "United States Census, 1840"
- Nicholas Kaufman on Find a Grave Website
- Nicholas Caufman, "United States Census, 1850"
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1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hyman, Meyer, Chaim, Emanuel, Moshe, Eytan, Herschel, Zvi, Ari, Aron.
Americanized form of German Kaufmann , and a variant of the same Jewish surname.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Kaufman meaning ‘merchant’. Compare Koyfman 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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