Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Walbert was born on 10 February 1833, in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johannes Walbert, was 26 and her mother, Lidia Zimmerman, was 28. She married Daniel Ziegler on 26 November 1854, in Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 21 March 1894, in Weisenberg Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Ziegels Union Cemetery, Breinigsville, Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Mary A Walbert in household of Benjamin Walbert, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mary Ann Ziegler or Walbert, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Mary Ann Ziegler or Walbert, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
German: from the medieval personal name Waldobert (originally from walt ‘rule’ + berht ‘bright, famous’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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