When Catherine Keil was born on 26 December 1771, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Johann Ludwig Keihl, was 21 and her mother, Catharina Souder, was 11. She married David " Indian" Ogle about 1793, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 16 April 1817, in Perry, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Perry, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Some characteristic forenames: German Otto, Hans, Fritz, Klaus, Dieter, Gerhard, Juergen, Kurt, Alfons, Armin, Egon, Erna.
German: from Middle High German kīl ‘wedge, wooden peg’, hence possibly a metonymic occupational name for a maker of such pegs or for a wood chopper. Alternatively, it may be nickname for an uncouth or misshapen person (compare Keidel ) or a topographic name for someone who lived on or near a wedge-shaped plot of land. Compare Cail , Cale , and Kile .
Scottish: possibly a habitational name from a place called Keil or Keill in Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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