When Abraham Huber was born on 1 January 1731, his father, Hans Ulrich Huber, was 61 and his mother, Barbara, was 28. He married Elizabeth Bucher on 25 March 1762, in Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died in 1790, in Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
The winter that Washington’s troops spent at Valley Forge was horrible. Most the troops that had come in with General Washington were injured and dying already. There was little food for the soldiers. They were dying from starvation, disease, and the cold. Horses were dying and the men had to take their place in moving the supply wagons. Washington stayed with his men while all others were leaving and abandoning the struggling troops. This helped Washington gain the support, admiration, and loyalty of his troops.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Kurt, Hans, Erwin, Franz, Alois, Fritz, Helmut, Mathias, Oskar, Wilhelm, Dieter.
Swiss German and German (also Hüber): status name based on Middle High German huobe, a measure of land, varying in size at different periods and in different places, but always of considerable extent, appreciably larger than the holding of the average peasant. The surname usually denotes a holder or owner of this amount of land, who would have been a prosperous small farmer and probably one of the leading men of his village. This surname is also found in other central European countries, for example Poland and Slovenia. See also Hoffner , compare Hueber .
Dutch: variant of Hubert .
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