Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Yoder was born on 21 January 1833, in Berlin, Berlin Township, Holmes, Ohio, United States, her father, Christian C. Yoder Jr, was 42 and her mother, Catherine Miller, was 36. She married Samuel J Schrock on 15 February 1852, in Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Stonycreek Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Newbury Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States for about 50 years. She died on 9 November 1920, in LaGrange, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Stutsman Cemetery, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
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- Rebecca Shrock in household of Samuel Shrock, "United States Census, 1860"
- Catherine, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- 22 Jun 1890 Rebecca Yoder in entry for Jeremiah Stutsman and Lydia Schrock, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1837
Historical Boundaries 1837: LaGrange, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swiss German Joder: from a shortened form of the personal name Theodor(us) (see Theodore ). This was the name of the patron saint of western Switzerland. Compare Yother and Yotter .
History: Many of the Yoders are Swiss Mennonites (Amish) originating from the canton of Bern. Their surname, which is one of the two most common names among the Mennonites and Amish (the other is Miller ), is also spelled Yother, Yothers, and Yotter. Several (possibly first) Mennonite Yoders arrived in PA in 1742, while the first of their namesakes belonging to the Reformed Church came to PA several decades earlier, already.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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