When Frederick Bertolet was born about 1763, in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Frederich Bertolet, was 38 and his mother, Esther Levan, was 32. He married Maria Dorthea Hottenstein in 1793, in Oley Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. He died about 1830, at the age of 69.
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Altered form of French and Swiss French Bertholet: from a pet form of the personal name Berthol, which is from ancient Germanic Berhtwulf (see Bertholf ) and possibly also from Barthélemy (see Bartholomew ) or its variant Berthélemy. The surname in the form Bertolet has also been recorded in France, but has died out there.
History: Jean Bertholet from Château-d’Oex in Switzerland married Suzanne de Harcourt in Barbelroth, Germany in 1712, died in Oley, PA, in 1757. Pierre Bertholet from Château-d’Oex in Switzerland married Elizabeth … probably in PA c. 1725. — This surname is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America.
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