Brief Life History of Abraham Herr
When Abraham Herr Buckwalter was born on 24 December 1791, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Benjamin Landis Buchwalter, was 27 and his mother, Barbara Herr, was 20. He married Anna Witmer on 9 February 1813, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 4 June 1840, in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Abraham Buchwalter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Abraham Buchwalter, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
- Abraham Buchwalter, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German and German Buchwalder: variant of Buchwald .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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