Brief Life History of Christian
When Christian Berger was born on 25 December 1810, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Peter Berger, was 33 and his mother, Elisabeth Zaugg, was 23. He married Magdalena Zaugg on 22 November 1845, in Trub, Bern, Switzerland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 18 November 1892, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Christain Berger, "United States Census, 1880"
- Christian Berger, "Find A Grave Index"
- Christian Berger, „Schweiz, Katholische und Reformiert Kirchenbücher, 1418-1996“
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1848
New Federal Constitution combining elements of the U.S. constitution (Federal State with central and cantonal (state) governments and parliaments) and of French revolutionary tradition. The Principles of this constitution are still valid today.
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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Short History of Christian Berger
Christian Berger was a fairly well to do farmer, but after listening to the missionaries and being converted, he sold his property and with his wife and five children sailed for America. His son Gott …
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