Elizabeth Berg

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Berg was born on 16 January 1800, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Andreas Berg, was 34 and her mother, Magdalena Berg, was 36. She married Christian Longenecker about 1829, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 12 August 1851, at the age of 51, and was buried in Heisey Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Christian Longenecker
1805–1895
Elizabeth Berg
1800–1851
Marriage: about 1829
Fanny Berg Longenecker
1841–1920

Sources (2)

  • Elizabeth Berg Longenecker, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Longenecker, "Pennsylvania, Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"

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World Events (7)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lennart, Bjorn, Lars, Nils, Alf, Nels, Thor, Tor, Knute, Selmer, Anders.

German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc, Middle Dutch berghe. This surname is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Compare Dutch Vandenberg .

Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg ‘mountain, hill’.

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

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