Brief Life History of Verna Mae
When Verna Mae Harshbarger was born on 12 August 1883, in Richardson, Nebraska, United States, her father, Reuben Harshbarger, was 24 and her mother, Clara Metz, was 25. She married Lee Roy Trimmer on 30 May 1902, in Auburn, Nemaha, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Porter Township, Richardson, Nebraska, United States for about 45 years and Porter Election Precinct, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1940. She died on 29 October 1989, in Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 106, and was buried in Mound Cemetery, Humboldt, Richardson, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Venna Harchberger in household of R Harchberger, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Verna Mae Harshbarger Trimmer, "Find a Grave Index"
- Verna Trimmer in household of Leray Trimmer, "United States Census, 1940"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Hirschberger 1 and 2. Compare Harshberger .
Americanized form of German Hirschberger 3 or Herschberger 1, surnames of ultimate Swiss German origin (see Hersberger ).
History: This (see 2 above) is one of the American variants of the name of a Swiss Mennonite and Amish family, originally spelled Hersberger , but in Germany altered to Hirschberger and Herschberger . Other Americanized forms established among the Mennonites and Amish in the US are Harshberger and Hershberger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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