Anna Maria Shoemaker

Brief Life History of Anna Maria

When Anna Maria Shoemaker was born on 22 January 1762, in Windsor Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, her father, John Schumacher, was 23 and her mother, Elisabeth Dietz, was 23. She married Henry Clay Boucher in 1778, in Rockwood, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 12 May 1840, in Albany Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Union Cemetery, New Centerville, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Clay Boucher
1759–1834
Anna Maria Shoemaker
1762–1840
Marriage: 1778
John Jacob Boucher
1783–1852
Elisabeth Bauscher
1784–1858
John Henry Boucher
1785–1858
Mary Magdalene Boucher
1787–1879
Christian Boucher
1788–1875
David Boucher
1789–1868
Solomon Boucher
1791–1865
Anna Maria Boucher
1793–1872
Rebecca Boucher
1795–1869
Maria Catherine Bauscher
1797–1871
Hannah Boucher
1799–1874
Sarah Bauscher
1803–1828
John Boucher
1806–1881

Sources (10)

  • Anna Maria Bauscher, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Mrs Maria Shoemaker Boucher, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Maria Boucher, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

Name Meaning

Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schoemaker , German and Jewish Schumacher , Slovenian Šuštar (see Sustar ) or Greek Papoutsis .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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