Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Breneman was born on 10 September 1826, in Manor Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Adam Bassler Brenneman, was 30 and her mother, Anna Magdalene Buckwalter, was 28. She married Moses Z Eberly in 1847, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Upper Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Warwick Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 12 June 1919, at the age of 92, and was buried in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elizabeth Eberly in household of Moses Eberly, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Brenneman Eberly, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth Brenneman and Spouse Moses Z. Eberly in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S., Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German (ultimately mostly Swiss German) Brennemann (see Brenneman ).
Jewish: variant of Brenner .
History: This (see 1 above) is a variant of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Brönnimann (see Brenneman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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