Brief Life History of Joseph J.
Joseph J. Burger was born in March 1838. He married Sarah Elizabeth Rummel on 4 June 1868, in Mansfield, Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1913, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Joseph Burger, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joseph J. Burger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Joseph J. Burger in entry for Cara R. Burger, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Browne*, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Brown, Kansas, United States Final e was dropped in 1859 to make Brown.
1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Brown, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Brown, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
German (also Bürger), Dutch, and English: status name for a freeman of a borough, especially one who was a member of its governing council. The term is a derivative of Middle High German burc, Middle Dutch burch, Middle English burg ‘(fortified) town’. The surname of German origin is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia (see also 3 below). It also occurs as a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, but the reasons for its adoption are uncertain. The English name is found occasionally as a surname from the 13th century onward, but is not recorded as a vocabulary word until the 16th century. The usual English term was the Old French word burgeis ‘burgess’ (see Burgess ). This surname is also established in South Africa. Compare Buerger .
German: habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Burg.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Burgar, a status name of the same the same (Middle High) German origin as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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