Brief Life History of Johann Jacob
When Johann Jacob Riser was born on 5 July 1824, in Kornwestheim, Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, his father, Georg Christoph Raiser, was 35 and his mother, Catherine Wheitly, was 28. He married Helen Rebecca Allen on 25 December 1848, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in California, United States in 1870 and Washington Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 April 1910, in Fremont, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Centerville Pioneer Cemetery, Fremont, Alameda, California, United States.
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- John J Riser in household of William Yates, "United States Census, 1910"
- Johann Jacob Raiser, "Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898"
- Johann Jacob Raiser, "Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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.
1847
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: John T. Blacow BIRTH 18 Nov 1846 Alameda County, California, USA DEATH 15 Aug 1847 (aged 8 months) Alameda County, California, USA BURIAL Centerville Pioneer Cemetery Fremont, Alameda County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 41350311 · View Source
Name Meaning
Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near a thicket or underbrush, from an agent noun based on Middle High German rīs ‘branch, shrubbery’.
Possibly an Americanized form of German Reiser .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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