Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Messner Jr. was born on 18 November 1755, in Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Christian Mössner, was 31 and his mother, Anna Maria Catherine Vollmer, was 21. He married Catharine Schneder on 13 March 1781, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 30 November 1827, in Brecknock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery, East Earl, Earl Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Christian Maysner, "United States Census, 1800"
- Christian Messner, "Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950"
- Messner, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
South German: occupational name for a sexton, churchwarden, or verger, Middle High German mesnære (Old High German mesināri, from Late Latin ma(n)sionarius, a derivative of mansio, genitive mansionis ‘house (of God), church’). The double -s- is the result of association with Messe ‘Mass’. This surname is also found in France (mainly Alsace) and Slovenia (see also 3 below). Compare Mesner .
In some cases also an Americanized or Germanized form Slovenian Mežnar (see Meznarich ) or Mesner , cognates of 1 above.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational for a sexton in a synagogue, from southern German Messner ‘sexton’ (compare 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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