Brief Life History of Johan Ludvig
When Johan Ludvig Berg was born on 30 November 1823, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, his father, Johannes Berg, was 19 and his mother, Marie Caroline Schalleman, was 16. He married Karen Ritz on 12 May 1844, in Solbjerg, Sæbygård, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Apache, Arizona, United States in 1885 and Show Low, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1885. He died on 25 January 1895, in Copenhagen, København, Denmark, at the age of 71.
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- Johan Ludvig Berg, "Denmark Census, 1870"
- Frands Leopold Ludvig Berg, Parish birth record, Solbjerg Sogn, Holbæk Amt, 1850
- Johan Ludvig Berg and Karen Larsdatter, Marriage Record, Solbjerg, Holbæk, Denmark, 1844
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1829 · Oldest Leather Goods in Denmark
Kuffert Sorensen was established in 1829 by Carl Peter Sorensen as a leather goods company. Today the business has five locations and each are run by a member of the Sorensen family.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Lennart, Bjorn, Lars, Nils, Alf, Nels, Thor, Tor, Knute, Selmer, Anders.
German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc, Middle Dutch berghe. This surname is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland. Compare Dutch Vandenberg .
Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from a farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg ‘mountain, hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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