Joseph Beiler

Brief Life History of Joseph

When Joseph Beiler was born on 18 December 1829, in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Detweiler Beiler, was 28 and his mother, Mary Hooley Lantz, was 25. He married Magdalena Lantz about 1852, in United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Leacock, Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 28 March 1912, at the age of 82, and was buried in Monterey, Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Joseph Beiler
1829–1912
Anna "Nancy" Stoltzfus
1831–1900
Marriage: about 1865
John Beiler
1866–
Mary Beiler
1871–1904

Sources (6)

  • Joseph Beiler in household of John Beiler, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Joseph L. Beiler, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph Byler, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

German (Alemannic): from Middle High German beigel, beile ‘measuring stick’ (from Late Latin pagella), hence an occupational name for an inspector of measures or a maker of measuring sticks.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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