Jake Bortner was born about 1914, in Pennsylvania, United States. He died about 1985, in Lansdowne, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73.
South German (Bavaria) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maker of braiding, from Middle High German borte, German Borte ‘braiding’. This surname is rare in Germany. Compare Bordner and Burtner .
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