Brief Life History of Wilhelm Shepler
When Wilhelm Shepler Dollinger was born on 18 October 1834, in Jonestown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Dollinger, was 27 and his mother, Frenciskÿ Shepler, was 28. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Amelia Harman. He lived in Bethel Township, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 3 November 1874, at the age of 40, and was buried in Covington, Miami, Ohio, United States.
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- William Dollinger in household of William Dollinger, "United States Census, 1850"
- William S Dollinger, "Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865"
- William Shepler Dollinger, "Find A Grave Index"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Heinz, Kurt, Milbert, Reinhard.
German (also Döllinger:) habitational name for someone from a place called Dollingen, of which there are several examples in Bavaria, or from either of two places, in Saxony and Prussia, named Döllingen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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