Brief Life History of Zachariah
When Zachariah Burger was born in 1770, in Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Hieronymus Burger, was 46 and his mother, Helena Sluiter, was 30. He married Elizabeth Winfield in 1792, in New Paltz, New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He registered for military service in 1834. He died on 21 February 1836, in Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Esopus, Ulster, New York, United States.
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- 1810 United States Federal Census about Zachariah Burger
- Legacy NFS Source: Zachariah Burger - Government record: Military record or discharge: birth-name: Zachariah Burger
- Zachariah Burger, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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