Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Leininger was born on 8 January 1812, in Menchhoffen, Bas-Rhin, France, his father, Johann Jacob Leininger, was 24 and his mother, Anna Margaretha Shultz, was 26. He married Eva Matter on 13 June 1833, in Bas-Rhin, France. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1849. He died on 27 May 1898, in German Township, Fulton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Burlington, Fulton, Ohio, United States.
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- Jacob Linniger, "United States Census, 1870"
- Jacob Leininger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jacques Leninger in entry for Caroline Leninger, "France, Bas-Rhin, Parish and Civil Registration, 1525-1912"
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World Events (8)
1814
Louisiana was the site of the final battles of the War of 1812.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Leiningen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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