Brief Life History of Bertha
Bertha Bachman was born on 20 October 1874, in Switzerland. She married Henry Knecht on 2 August 1897, in San Francisco, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Arleta, Multnomah, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 11 May 1932, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Bertha Knecht in household of Henry Knecht, "United States Census, 1900"
- Bertha Backmann, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Bertha Bachman, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Bach ‘stream, creek’ + Mann (Yiddish man) ‘man’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Bachmann .
History: According to family tradition, a Bachman family from Bern canton, Switzerland, came to PA with William Penn in 1677.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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