Brief Life History of Leonard
When Leonard Kershner was born in 1786, in Cumberland, Kentucky, United States, his father, David Kirschner, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Maria Ollinger, was 40.
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.
1792 · Becomes the 15th State
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state. It was the first state west of the Appalachian Mountains
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kerschner or Kürschner (see Kurschner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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