Brief Life History of Henry Jacob
Henry Jacob Souder was born on 21 January 1831, in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. He married Charlotte Stoner on 20 February 1851, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. In 1870, his occupation is listed as tinsmith in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 14 May 1913, in Catasauqua, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in West Catasauqua, Whitehall Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Henry Sonders, "United States Census, 1880"
- Henry J Souder, "Find A Grave Index" [1913]
- Harry J Souder in entry for Harry August Souder, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1839
"West Catasauqua is an unincorporated village (i.e. a neighborhood) within Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, once a port and station along the busy Lehigh Canal and is colloquially known as ""West Catty"" by local residents. It uses the Whitehall zip code of 18052, and is directly across the Lehigh River from the mouth of Catasauqua Creek, the site of the first successful anthracite iron producing North American blast furnaces in 1839"
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Sauder .
In some cases also Breton (Côtes-d'Armor; mainly Le Souder): variant of Soudéer, an occupational name for a mercenary soldier or a hired servant, from Old French soldoier.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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