When Martha "Mattie" Borntrager was born on 22 October 1903, in Parkman Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, Christian D Borntrager, was 29 and her mother, Mary L Yoder, was 33. She married Samuel Ray Knepp about 1930, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Plumwood, Monroe Township, Madison, Ohio, United States in 1935 and Eden Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States in 1950. She died on 5 May 2000, in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Magnolia Mennonite Cemetery, Macon, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States.
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German (Bornträger): from Middle High German burne (Middle Low German born) ‘spring, well’ + an agent derivative of tragen ‘to carry’, hence an occupational name, originally for a water carrier and then for a transporter of liquids (wine, beer, etc.). Compare Bontrager and Borntreger .
History: Bornträger is the original form of the name of the Mennonite and Amish family Bontrager .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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