Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Casebeer was born on 27 December 1836, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, his father, Andrew S Casebeer, was 30 and his mother, Elisabeth Knisely, was 23. He married Catherine Mary Rensch on 30 October 1859, in DeKalb, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Silver Cliff, Custer, Colorado, United States in 1880 and Junction City, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1910. He died on 4 September 1912, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Junction City, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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- Joshua Casebeer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joshua Casebeer - birth-name: Joshua Casebeer
- Joshua Casebeer, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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1837
Historical Information 1837: Dekalb, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Käsebier, literally ‘cheese (and) beer’, a metonymic occupational name for a tavern keeper who served only cold food, or, according to another explanation, altered from Kas(e)beer ‘cherry berry’ (Middle High German kerse + beer, bier) a metonymic occupational name for a grower and seller of cherries.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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