Brief Life History of Peter
When Peter Shirts was born on 23 August 1808, in Saint Clair Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States, his father, Michael Shirtz Jr, was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Vanderbeek, was 24. He married Margaret Cameron on 8 September 1831, in Saint Clair Township, Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1848 and Iron City, Iron, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1853. He died about 1882, in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in United States.
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- "United States Census, 1870"
- Peter Shirts, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Peter Shirts, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1825
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Schertz .
Possibly also an altered form of English Shirt: topographic name for someone who lived on a detached piece of land, Middle English shurte, from Old English scyrte ‘skirt, cut off piece’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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