Phillip Berg

28 October 1880–5 August 1949 (Age 68)
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life of Phillip

When Phillip Berg was born on 28 October 1880, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Jacob Berg, was 27 and his mother, Jacobine Luffey, was 24. He married Anna Rettig Berg on 11 June 1907, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Penn Hills Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States for about 40 years. He died on 5 August 1949, in Universal, Penn Hills Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Phillip Berg
1880–1949
Anna Rettig Berg
1890–
Marriage: 11 June 1907
John Walter Berg
1907–1953
Jacob Berg
1909–1972
Philip Berg
1912–
Adam Berg
1914–

Spouse and Children

    Phillip Berg

    Male1880–1949Male

    Anna Rettig Berg

    Female1890–Female

MARRIAGE
11 June 1907
Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
children

(4)

    John Walter Berg

    Male1907–1953Male

    Jacob Berg

    Male1909–1972Male

    Philip Berg

    Male1912–Male

    Adam Berg

    Male1914–Male

Parents and Siblings

    Jacob Berg

    Male1852–1919Male

    Jacobine Luffey

    Female1856–1930Female

siblings

(13)

    Peter August Berg

    Male1876–1950Male

    Henry Jacob Berg

    Male1877–1928Male

    Charles F. Berg

    Male1879–Male

    Phillip Berg

    Male1880–1949Male

    Frederick Berg

    Male1882–1932Male

+8 More Children

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 1

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 2

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 20

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

1 German or Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.2 Scandinavian: habitational name for someone who lived at a farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’. In Sweden this is commonly found as an element of ornamental names.3 Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’, or a short form of any of the many ornamental surnames containing this word as the final element, for example Schönberg ( see Schoenberg ) and Goldberg .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Philip Berg, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Philip Berg, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Philip Berg, "United States Census, 1930"

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