Brief Life History of Rebecca
Rebecca Hornberger was born on 27 June 1819, in Pennsylvania, United States. She had at least 4 sons and 5 daughters with David Manges. She lived in District 16, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1870 and Beaver Creek District, Washington, Maryland, United States in 1880. She died on 12 March 1892, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Zion Mennonite Church Cemetery, Mapleville, Washington, Maryland, United States.
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- Rebecca Manges in household of David Manges, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rebecca Hornberger Manges, "Find A Grave Index"
- Rebecca in entry for Savina Ch. Elis. Menges, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
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World Events (7)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
German: habitational name for someone from Hornberg, a common placename composed of Old High German horn ‘horn’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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