Brief Life History of Margaritha
When Margaritha Berger was born on 11 July 1838, in Langnau im Emmental, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Ulrich Berger, was 28 and her mother, Barbara Rikli, was 41. She died on 31 August 1843, at the age of 5, and was buried in Lauperswil, Bern, Switzerland.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Margritha Berger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Margaritha Berger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
- Margritha Berger, "Switzerland, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1418-1996"
Parents and Siblings
1809–1880 Male
1796–1881 Female
Siblings (3)
1832–1876 Female
1835– Female
1838–1843 Female
Name Meaning
German, Dutch, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in the mountains or hills (see Berg ). The surname of German origin is also found in many other European countries, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Russia, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, and Croatia, and Slovenia, often as a translation into German of corresponding Slavic topographic names or surnames. As a Jewish name it is mainly artificial. Compare Bargar , Barger , Barker , Barrier , and Barriger .
French: occupational name from Old French bergier ‘shepherd’ (from Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’). It is also found in England, as a surname of Huguenot origin. Compare Shepard .
Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farms so named with the plural of Berg ‘mountain’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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