Samuel
Berger
Born in Ontario, Canada
Son of Christian Berger
and Catherine (Bauer) Riggenbach
Brother of
Barbara (Berger) Grimm, Jacob (Berger) Burger, Magdalena (Berger) Blume, Christian Berger, John Berger, Katherine (Riggenbach) Scheidel [half], Mary (Riggenbach) Stuber [half] and Anna (Riggenbach) Egli [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Elm Grove Township, Tazewell, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 May 2022
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Biography
Samuel was born in 1850 in Canada.[1] He is listed in the Canadian census records in 1851 and 1861 with his parents. He was the son of Christian Berger and Catherine Bauer.
He is listed with his mother in the 1870 and 1880 Illinois census records. For the next several decades Samuel is found living in the Tazewell County Alms House.[2], [3], [4]
He passed away in 1937 [5] and is buried in Tennessee Point Cemetery in Tazewell County, Illinois.[6]
Sources
- ↑ 1851 Census of Canada, Canada West (Ontario), population schedule, district Waterloo (county)38, subdistrict 361, division Wilmot township, part 3, p.8d, 9a (87), & p.9b, 9c (88), line 32, Christian Berger family ; digital images, Library and Archives Canada, Library and Archives Canada Online (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002371013 : accessed May 2009); Library and Archives Canada, RG31 Microfilm Reel Number: C-11744.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MSH5-3DN : 9 March 2022), Samuel Berger, 1900. This link takes you to image 23 and he is actually listed on image 24 , line 74.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MKXT-K5R : accessed 6 May 2022), Samuel Berger in Tazewell County Alms House, Elm Grove, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 134, sheet 18A, family 201, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 328; FHL microfilm 1,374,341.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: X3M2-5YN : accessed 6 May 2022), Samuel Berger, inmate in county home, Elm Grove, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8A, line 9, family 152, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 562; FHL microfilm 2,340,297.
- ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," index, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: NQHD-522: accessed 4 March 2015), Sam Berger, 20 May 1937; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,786,889. No image on website.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 November 2018), memorial page for Samuel Berger (13 Jul 1850–20 May 1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #143316141, citing Tennessee Point Cemetery, Tremont, Tazewell County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Rita (contributor 46874774) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Samuel by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Samuel:
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~6.25%
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