When Karl Gottfried Maeser was born on 16 January 1828, in Meißen, Kreis Meißen, Saxony, Germany, his father, Johann Gottfried Maeser, was 23 and his mother, Johanna Christina Friederika Zocher, was 16. He married Anne Henriette Therese Mieth on 11 June 1854, in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1896. He died on 15 February 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Fritz, Kurt, Manfred.
Swiss German and German (mainly Käser): occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle High German kæse ‘cheese’. Compare Kaser 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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