When Matilda Sophia Schramm was born on 10 September 1834, in Calw, Württemberg, Germany, her father, Carl Gottlob Schramm, was 27 and her mother, Christina Augusta Fritz, was 18. She married Johannes Alder on 4 March 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 14 February 1886, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, 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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Gunter, Ernst, Erwin, Gerhard, Hans, Heinrich, Horst, Armin, Dieter, Elke.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with a scar, from Middle High German schram(me), German Schramme, Yiddish shram ‘scar’.
South German: topographic name from Middle High German schram ‘crevice, hole’. Compare Schrum and Shrum .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJohannes Alder was born in Schwellbrunn, Appenzell, Switzerland on July 8, 1827. He was the youngest of twelve children born to Johannes Martin Alder and Anna Meier Alder. When he was a young man, hi …
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