Brief Life History of Charles Edward
When Charles Edward Gerber was born on 21 September 1863, in Renan, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Johannes Gerber, was 27 and his mother, Elisabeth Gertsch, was 28. He married Susanna Bartschi on 14 October 1891, in Cache, Utah, United States. He lived in Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 16 October 1948, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Edward Gerber in household of Richard Rawlins, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles E Gerber - Church record: birth: 21 September 1863; Renan, Bern, Switzerland
- Charles E. Gerber, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
German, Swiss German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tanner, from Middle High German gerwer (from Old High German (ledar) garawo ‘leather preparer’), German Gerber.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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