Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Holder was born on 10 September 1809, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Frederick Holder, was 25 and her mother, Esther Leinbach, was 25. She married Timothy Conrad on 4 February 1834, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Pfafftown, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Vienna, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 30 October 1884, in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bethania, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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- Mary Conrad in household of Timothy Conrad, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Holder - Church record: birth-name: mary holder
- Mary Holder, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived by an elder tree, Middle High German holder, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house named for its sign of an elder tree. In same areas, for example Alsace, the elder tree was believed to be protective of a house.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Holder ‘elder tree’.
English: status or occupational name from Middle English holdere, haldere, heldere ‘tenant; servant, retainer; laborer’, an agent derivative of holden ‘to hold’ (Old English healdan). Compare Helder 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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