Brief Life History of John
When John Berger was born on 25 September 1852, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Berger, was 41 and his mother, Magdalena Zaugg, was 31. He married Maria Eddins on 15 March 1887, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Election Precinct 11, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 40 years. He died on 13 February 1943, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Berger, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- John Berger, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
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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