When Hannah Horning Detweiler was born in 1826, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Abraham Funk Detweiler, was 36 and her mother, Mary Hall Horning, was 36. She married William H Price on 8 February 1844, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mulberry Ward, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 5 June 1895, at the age of 69.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of South German Dettweiler and of its Swiss German cognate Dettwiler . The surname Detweiler is also found in Germany, where it is very rare. Compare Detwiler .
History: This is one of the two most common American variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite family (see Dettweiler ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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