Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Lail was born about 1770, in British Colonial America, her father, George Lail, was 36 and her mother, Mary Margaret Bryant, was 35. She married Andrew Charles Zumwalt before 1785. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She died in 1844, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Dardenne Cemetery, St. Charles, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States.
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- Findagrave
- Margaret Zumwalt deposition for Mary, widow of Adam Zumwalt in his Revolutionary War Pension file
- George Lail will, Bourbon County, Kentucky, Will Book A, pp. 133-134
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · The Declaration to the King
"At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""
1803
Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Lehl or Loehl. In either case, the name is a variant of Lehle or Löhle, pet forms of the personal name Leonhard .
History: The Loehl family came to North America in 1737. Another branch of the family came to North America from Germany via Russia. They settled in southern Russia in the mid 18th century, but kept their German identity. Both branches have adopted the Americanized form Lail as a surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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