When Jonathan or Jonas Bittinger was born on 14 May 1814, in Pine Hill, Berlin, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Henry Bittinger, was 35 and his mother, Barbara Bauser, was 41. He married Elizabeth Foust in 1840, in Allegany, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Maryland, United States in 1870 and Grantsville, Garrett, Maryland, United States in 1880. He died on 6 June 1895, in Bittinger, Garrett, Maryland, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bittinger Cemetery, Bittinger, Garrett, Maryland, United States.
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German: variant of Pittinger .
Altered form of German Büdinger (see Budinger ).
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Possible Related NamesJonathan Bittinger and his twin brother Solomon were born on 14 May 1814. Sources are divided on the subject of their birthplace. Their father Henry Bittinger was not yet a M …
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