When Mathias Valerius was born about 16 February 1832, in Mehring, Trier, Rhineland, Prussia, his father, Johann Valerius, was 33 and his mother, Margarethe Spieles, was 30. He married Elizabeth Hollermann on 12 February 1857, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 6 November 1879, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Saint Mary Cemetery, St. Bernard, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German, French, and West Indian (Haiti, Martinique, and Guadeloupe): from the Latin personal name Valerius (see Valerio ). This surname is very rare in France.
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