Adam Butcher

Brief Life History of Adam

Adam Butcher was born on 15 November 1793, in Pennsylvania, United States. He married Anna Maria Gohn about 1817, in Windsor Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Shrewsbury, York, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 24 August 1859, in York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Adam Butcher
1793–1859
Anna Maria Gohn
1797–
Marriage: about 1817
John Butcher
1817–1883
Jacob Butcher
1818–1895
George Butcher
1825–1913
Henry Butcher
1827–1860
Samuel Butcher
1830–
William Butcher
1833–1897

Sources (6)

  • Adam Butcher, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Adam Butcher - death: before 1860;
  • Adam Butcher, "Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a butcher or slaughterer, from Middle English, Anglo-Norman French bocher, bouch(i)er, bowcher (Old French bochier, bouchier, a derivative of bouc ‘ram’).

Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Bučar (see Bucar ).

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

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