When Bernetta A Walters Burckhardt was born on 8 August 1812, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Judge George Frederick Burckhartt, was 29 and her mother, Ruth Dorsey, was 32. She married William Adams Hickman on 12 April 1832, in Randolph, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 11 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1849 and lived in Fairfield, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870 and North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 27 December 1886, in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Dieter, Ewald, Inge, Jochem, Klaus.
German: variant of Burkhart . This form of the surname is also found in Alsace and Lorraine.
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Possible Related NamesMRS. BERNETTA HICKMAN, a wife of the notorious Bill Hickman, died in Park City on the 27th last. Her body was taken through Ogden this morning on the way to Nephi for burial, accompanied by her son …
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