James Burger

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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

Peter Burger
1806–1850
Hannah Roxy Brandow
1808–1876
Daniel Burger
1829–1860
Stephen Burger
1832–1856
James Burger
1836–

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  • James Burger in household of Peter Burger, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 0

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

Age 10

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

Age 31

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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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