Bowers Family Tree » Johannes Nicholas Dech (1720-1774)
Personal data Johannes Nicholas Dech
Source 1Source 2- He was born in the year 1720 in Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany.
Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1734) below 16 years (14). - He died on February 17, 1774 in Bethlehem, Northampton, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten, he was 54 years old.
- A child of Johann Nicholas Deck and Anna Barbara Hubeler
Household of Johannes Nicholas Dech
(1) He is married to Catherine Barbara Froelich.
They got married on March 29, 1748 at Tulpehochen Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, he was 28 years old.Source 2
(2) He is married to Anna Maria Pressler.
They got married in the year 1734, he was 14 years old.
They got married at Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.Child(ren):
- Georg Henrich Dech 1742-????
- John Dech 1744-????
- Johanna Grether Dech 1745-????
- Jacob Dech 1746-1833
- John Dech 1748-1811
- Maria Margaretta Dech 1749-????
- Elizabeth Dech 1752-????
- Maria Magdalena Dech 1752-????
- Henry Dyche Heinrich Dek Deck 1754-1822
- Jacob Deck 1755-1840
- Andrew Dech 1756-????
- Andrew Dech 1756-????
- Michael Deck 1759-1843
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=75809218&pid=125
/ Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, Lutheran Baptisms and Marriages, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
Historical events
Day of marriage March 29, 1748
- The temperature on March 29, 1748 was about -0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1748: Source: Wikipedia
- June 11 » Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
- August 26 » The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
- October 12 » War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
- October 18 » Signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
Day of death February 17, 1774
- The temperature on February 17, 1774 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
- March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
- June 2 » Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.
- July 4 » Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
- August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
- September 5 » First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia.
- October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
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