Brief Life History of Gottlieb
When Gottlieb Berger was born on 15 February 1857, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Berger, was 46 and his mother, Magdalena Zaugg, was 35. He married Emma Arnold on 2 December 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 26 December 1940, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Godolphus Berger in household of Christain Berger, "United States Census, 1880"
- Gottlieb Berger, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Gottfried Berger, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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Gottlieb Berger with siblings
Back left is Gottlieb Berger, then his sister, Rose, then brother John. His brother, Christian, is sitting in front.
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