When Anna Maria Loescher was born on 17 February 1735, in Rhinebeck, Dutchess, New York, United States, her father, Johann Conrad Loescher, was 35 and her mother, Anna Engel Winegar, was 30. She died on 15 March 1813, in Germantown, Columbia, New York, United States, at the age of 78.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
Historical Boundaries 1786: Columbia, New York, United States
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
Some characteristic forenames: German Wolfgang, Eberhard, Friedhelm, Gottfried, Kurt.
German (Löscher):
occupational name for a fireman, from Middle High German leschen ‘to extinguish’.
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