Brief Life History of Gottfried
When Gottfried Berger was born on 27 May 1854, in Steffisburg, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Christian Berger, was 43 and his mother, Magdalena Zaugg, was 33. He married Louisa Eddins in 1886. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 25 January 1899, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Godfrey Berger in household of Christain Berger, "United States Census, 1880"
- Godfred Berger, "BillionGraves Index"
- Godfried Berger, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
Jean Henru Dunant founded the Red Cross in Geneva.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
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 The Amendment was later repealed.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, 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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