Bertha was born in Falkenhagen, Blomberg, Lippe, Germany on Jun 16th 1840 and christened on the 21st as Anna Maria Berta Francisca Carolina Elisabetha Dorothea Hellmann. She was the daughter of Henricus Josephus Hellmann and Friedrike Luise Zimmermann. [1][2][3]
In 1876 according to a city directory Bertha (age about 35) was living in San Francisco, California, USA.[4]
Bertha died at the age of 44 after 28 July 1884 in San Francisco, California. Source:[5]
Bertha was buried after 28 July 1884 in Colma, San Mateo County, California, United States of America.[5]
Bertha Death Notice: 2 August 1884 in San Francisco, California.[6]
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↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV82-1S9 : 25 February 2020), Anna Maria Berta Francisca Carolina Elisabetha Dorothea Hellmann, 1840.
↑Baptism: Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Citing: Ancestry Record 9866 #63396732 (accessed 16 August 2020)
↑Baptism: Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Note: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Citing: Ancestry Record 9866 #81954464 (accessed 16 August 2020)
↑City Directory: U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citing: Ancestry Record 2469 #1475599642 (accessed 16 August 2020)
↑ 5.05.1Burial: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citing: Ancestry Record 60525 #65436835 (accessed 16 August 2020)
↑Bertha Death Notice: Newspapers.com - The San Francisco Examiner - 2 Aug 1884 - Page 4 Publication: The San Francisco Examiner. Citing: Bertha Death Notice 2 Aug 1884 Note: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56685152/bertha-death-notice/?xid=637 File File: Media Format: jpg Bertha Death Notice (accessed 16 August 2020)
↑Child Social Security: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Citing: Ancestry Record 60901 #763854571 (accessed 16 August 2020)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bertha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Bertha: