When Gottfried Brügger was born on 17 October 1854, in Oberönz, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Samuel Brügger, was 32 and his mother, Elisabeth Geiser, was 30. He married Anna Ida Kramer on 11 October 1878, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 6 January 1934, in Venice, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Glenwood, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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North German (Brügger) and South German: occupational name for a bridge keeper, paver, or road builder (see Bruegger , compare Brucker ).
South German: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Brugg or Bruck in Bavaria and Austria.
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