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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- 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"
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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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