Brief Life History of Maria Susanna Wilhemina
When Maria Susanna Wilhemina Gerber was born on 16 December 1828, in Freetown, Western Area Urban, Western Area, Sierra Leone, her father, Johannes Gerber, was 32 and her mother, Maria Elizabeth Wagner, was 29. She married Owen M Cole on 25 September 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She immigrated to United States in 1854 and lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 13 March 1861, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Grandview Hill Pioneer Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Cole in household of Owen Cole, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Gerber, 'Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946' on MyHeritage
- Mary Gerber, "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tanner, from Middle High German gerwer (from Old High German (ledar) garawo ‘leather preparer’), German Gerber.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Johannes Gerber 1796 by Charlene
Johannes (John) Gerber Johannes (John) Gerber was born on September 8, 1796, in Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland to Johannes Gerber and Susana Indermuehle. He was the oldest of a family of seven. Johan …
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