Brief Life History of William Peter
When William Peter Tobias Sr was born on 28 February 1797, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ludwig Tobias, was 31 and his mother, Elisabeth Strunk, was 32. He married Clara Spycher on 27 August 1825, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Potter Township, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. He died on 25 March 1887, in Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Reformed And Lutheran Cemetery, Centre Hall, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Peter Tobias, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Peter Tobias, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wm. Tobias in entry for Samuel Tobias and Mrs. Lottie Mays, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1798
Oldest grave seen in the memorials list.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Name Meaning
English, German, Dutch, and Jewish; Spanish (Tobías); Hungarian (Tóbiás); Czech (Tobiáš) and Slovak (Tobiaš, Tobiáš, Tóbiáš, Tóbiaš): from the Biblical personal name Tobias (Spanish Tobías, Hungarian Tóbiás, Czech and Slovak Tobiáš), from a Greek and Latin form of the Hebrew name Tovyah ‘Jehovah is good’, which, together with various derivative forms, has been popular among Jews for generations. Among Christians it has been in use in the earliest time, already.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish Tobiasz or Croatian Tobijaš, a cognate of 1 above.
Slovenian: from a German or Latin form of the Biblical personal name Tobija (see 1 above). In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Tobijas.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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