Brief Life History of Rosetta
When Rosetta Berger was born on 27 November 1859, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, her father, Christian Berger, was 48 and her mother, Magdalena Zaugg, was 38. She married Hyrum Williams on 26 December 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 25 February 1938, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rosetta Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rosetta Berger, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Rosetta Zaugg Zaugg, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1861
Historical Boundaries - 1861: Baker, Oregon, United States; 1864: Union, Oregon, United States
1862 · The Homestead Act
The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
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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