Brief Life History of Bertha
When Bertha Sueltenfuss was born in May 1880, in Texas, United States, her father, Caspar Heinrich Sueltenfuss, was 36 and her mother, Anna Louise Voelcker, was 28. She lived in Justice Precinct 2, Kendall, Texas, United States in 1880.
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- Bertha Sultenfuss in household of C H Sultenfuss, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (3)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
Latinized version of a Continental Germanic name, a short form of various compound women's personal names derived from berht ‘famous’ (akin to Modern English bright). It probably existed in England before the Conquest, and was certainly reinforced by Norman use, but fell out of use in the 15th century. It was reintroduced into the English-speaking world from Germany in the 19th century, but has once again gone out of fashion.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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