Christian Bender

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Bender was born on 2 December 1833, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johan Georg Bender Sr., was 29 and his mother, Johanna Catharina Schwartz, was 26. He married Sarah Kraber on 7 January 1855, in York, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Spring Garden Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 5 January 1900, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Christian Bender
1833–1900
Sarah Kraber
1837–1873
Marriage: 7 January 1855
John Calvin Bender
1856–1912
Lavina Mary Ann Bender
1861–1945
Emma Amelia Bender
1864–1890
Irene Elizabeth Bender
1866–1959
Jane Elizabeth Bender
1866–
Christopher Columbus Bender
1873–1954

Sources (4)

  • Christian Bender in household of George Bender, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Christian Bender, "Pennsylvania, Marriages, 1709-1940"
  • Bender/Hantz/Harkins Family Bible

World Events (8)

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.

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

German: occupational name for a cooper, a short form of Fassbender . Compare Bainter and Painter .

English (London): metonymic occupational name for an archer or bow maker, from Middle English bender, an agent derivative of benden ‘to bend’ (Old English bendan). Compare Benbow .

Hungarian: from bender ‘curl’, hence a nickname for someone with curly hair.

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

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