Brief Life History of Mary Rachael
When Mary Rachael Schultz was born on 2 April 1815, in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, her father, Jacob Shultz, was 26 and her mother, Nancy Phillips, was 25. She married Benjamin Lynn Clapp in 1833. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Gilroy Judicial Township, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1860 and California, United States in 1870. She died on 13 November 1874, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Mary Clapp in household of Benjamin Clapp, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Rachel Shultz - Church record: birth-name: Mary Shults
- Mary Clapp in entry for Joseph C Clapp, "Michigan, Church Records, 1819-1991"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1821
Historic Boundaries: 1821: Delaware New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1822: Marion, Indiana, United States
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.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Schulz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This form of the surname is also established in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Denmark, and Sweden.
Germanized form of Czech, Slovak, Croatian, and Slovenian Šulc (see Sulc ) and of Polish Szulc , surnames of German origin (see Schulz , compare above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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