When Valentine Zerbe was born in 1744, in Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Peter Zerbe, was 42 and his mother, Anna Christina Lauck, was 28. He married Salome Ney about 1767, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1813, in Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 69.
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Historical Boundaries 1752: Berks, Pennsylvania Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
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German: habitational name from any of the places called Zerbau, Zerben (near Magdeburg), or Zerbow. This surname is also found in Poland. Compare Servey , Zerba , and Zerby .
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