Brief Life History of John Brenneman
When John Brenneman Longenecker was born on 13 July 1817, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Christian Longenecker, was 32 and his mother, Veronica Anna Brenneman, was 28. He married Nancy Siegrist Garber about 1842, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in West Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 September 1898, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Longenecker, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Longenecker, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- John Longenecker, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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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.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of Swiss German Langenecker, a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Langeneck, from Old High German lang ‘long’ + egga ‘corner’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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