Matthias Moyer

Brief Life History of Matthias

Matthias Moyer was born on 31 May 1778, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of John Moyer Meyer and Elizabeth Barbara Price. He married Susanna Price Breidegam on 6 July 1800, in Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 April 1867, in Alsace Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Spies Zion Cemetery, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Matthias Moyer
1778–1867
Susanna Price Breidegam
1783–1821
Marriage: 6 July 1800
Sarah Moyer
1800–1864
Susanna Moyer
1802–1882
Elizabeth Moyer
1804–1891
John H Moyer
1806–1861
Daniel B Moyer
1808–1892
Mary Polly Moyer
1810–1893
Esther B. Moyer
1814–1853

Sources (8)

  • Mathew Moyer in household of John Lorah, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Matthias Mayer, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Matthias Moyer, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

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World Events (8)

1780

Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Meyer or Mayer .

French: status name for a sharecropper, from an angent derivative of Old French moie ‘half’.

In some cases also an Americanized form of Dutch Mooijer: surname associated with Maaijer, an occupational name for a mower or reaper (see Maier ). However, almost all bearers come from Volendam (North Holland), where the surname originated as Pooijer, possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman (peurder) or a nickname for someone carrying a ponjaard ‘dagger’. The surname was changed to Mooijer due to the connotation with Dutch pooier ‘bully, fancy-man’.

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

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