Brief Life History of James
When James Burger was born in 1836, in Greene, New York, United States, his father, Peter Burger, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Roxy Brandow, was 28. He lived in Hunter, Hunter, Greene, New York, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- James Burger in household of Peter Burger, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1806–1850 Male
1808–1876 Female
Siblings (3)
1829–1860 Male
1832–1856 Male
1836– Male
World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Age 0
1846
Age 10
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
Age 31
Name Meaning
German (also Bürger), Dutch, and English: status name for a freeman of a borough, especially one who was a member of its governing council. The term is a derivative of Middle High German burc, Middle Dutch burch, Middle English burg ‘(fortified) town’. The surname of German origin is also found in some other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Czechia, Slovenia, and Croatia (see also 3 below). It also occurs as a Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname, but the reasons for its adoption are uncertain. The English name is found occasionally as a surname from the 13th century onward, but is not recorded as a vocabulary word until the 16th century. The usual English term was the Old French word burgeis ‘burgess’ (see Burgess ). This surname is also established in South Africa. Compare Buerger .
German: habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Burg.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Burgar, a status name of the same the same (Middle High) German origin as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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