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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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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