1. Joseph Madison Burger was born 28 Jun 1850 in Jefferson Co., Iowa, and died 26 Sep 1921 in Udell, IA. He was buried in Brethren Cemetery, Unionville, IA. He was the son of 2. Christian Whetstone Burger and 3. Sarah "Sally" Brown, daughter of Rev Samuel Brown and Elizabeth Forney. He married Selinda Jane Ridenour 10 Nov 1870 in Libertyville Iowa (Brides Home). She was born 24 Apr 1853 in Wabash Co., IN, and died 14 Sep 1929 in Modesto, CA. She was buried in Bretheren Cemetery, Unionville, IA.
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Christian Whetstone Burger was born in Morrisons Cove, Bedford County, PA on 1 July 1820. He was the son of Samuel Burger born October 24, 1792 and Susanna Whetstone, born January 29, 1798 in Bedford Co. PA. He married Sarah Brown who was born in Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA on 16 Jun 1821. Sarah Brown married David Daniel Ridenour (born 1850) and the following children were born:
* Susie Ridenour * Charles Ridenour * Albert Ridenour * Christian L Ridenour * Amos R. Ridenour
At age 40, Christian Whetstone Burger was listed in the Bedford County tax records as a blacksmith. Ten years later, in 1870 he had moved to Des Moines, Iowa and was a farmer. Sam Burger came from Bedford Co. PA with his family and settled in Illinois in the latter part of 1843-44. It is likely that Abram Lewis Burger was born in Pennsylvania. His widow was assessed taxes in Woodbury Township in 1829, 1832, 1835 and apparently died before 1838.
Christian Whetstone Burger died 17 Mar 1890 in Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA. He is buried in Brethren Cemetery, Libertyville IA. He was the son of
*Note: Christian Whetstone Burger was the son of Abraham Lewis Burger and Elizabeth Whetstone/Wettstein/Wetzstein. Abraham Lewis Burger was the son of Johannes Burger, born in Germany.
Her parents Samuel Ulrich Brown and Elizabeth Forneymarried on October 15, 1820. Elizabeth Forney died on November 7, 1826. The second wife of Samuel Ulrich Brown was Frances (Fanny) Hoover, (born: 18 June 1809 at Lancaster, PA) daughter of Martin Hoover and Maria Eshleman, on 15 March 1827 at Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
Elizabeth Forney, wife of Samuel Ulrich Brown is listed in Samuel Ulrich Brown's German Bible as having been born on 16 Jun 1822 in Bedford Co., PA, and died 29 Jul 1862 in Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA. This family bible was printed in Philadelphia in 1929 by Kimber and Sharpless (Buchh:ndler) She was buried in Bretheran Cemetery, Libertyville IA.
The Brown family line begins with Heinrich Braun aka Henry (Hendry) Brown born 1743, Deidersheim, Pfalz, Bavaria. He died 1814 in Woodbury Township, Bedford Co. PA. He who married Maria Salome.
According to George H. Lebegott's papers, he is listed in as 48 years of age on the 1789 tax list of Woodbury Township, Bedford County, PA, as having himself, five males less than 16, and three females in his family. He is mentioned in the 1884 history of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton counties, PA; as an early settler who lived near Keagy's Mill. Jacob Brown said to be the son of Henry Brown, was borrn 24 August, 1779 (from tombstone) and lived in Bedford County, where he married Elizabeth Ulrich/Ullery, born 8 April, 1781, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Brumbaugh) Ulrich.
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4. Samuel Burger was born 24 Oct 1792 in Bedford Co., PA, and died 19 Apr 1870 in Batavia, IA. He was buried in Brethren Cemetery, Libertyville, IA. He was the son of 8. Abraham Lewis Burger and 9. Elizabeth Whetstone. Samuel Burger died on 19 April 1870 and is buried in the Brethren Cemetery, Libertyville, Iowa. He is listed in the 1850 census in South Woodbury Twp. In the 1860 census as a farmer, at which time he and his wife Susannah were both 64 years of age. They possessed $12,000 in real estate and $300 in personal property.
5. Susannah Whetstone was born 29 Jan 1798 in Bedford Co., PA, and died 2 Nov 1867 in Pine Creek Twp, Ogle Co., IL. She was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ogle Co., IL.
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The name "Schele" derives from "A hut or shelter." The older European spelling of Schele is Schildt. It's similar to the surname Rothchild, (Rot-schildt meaning Red Shield). The surname is related to the surname Shields, with the same root word "schele." The name was trasliterated to Shell in documents in America. The Schele surname was changed to Shell in the family, and we again observe Shells, Sell (Elizabeth Burger, in the Abraham Lewis Burger family married Jacob B Sell (Schele varient) intermarriage with the Burger family. Others from the Johann Michel Burgerhaus and wife Anna Catherina Schele family are the Botts. In America the name was changed to Potts. In the family Dol Snyder's wife Mary Morgan, was said to be the daughter of Evan Morgan and Margaret Potts. (i.e. Botts) The history of the Lower Shenandoah Valley contains our family names such as Botts, Orr, Morgan, Davis.
Anna Catherina Schele's father was Hubertus Schele born in 1690 in Husten, Hochsauerlandkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He died before 1757 in Weikenohl and is buried at Drolshagen. Her mother's name was Anna Maria Hitze, the daughter of Wilhelm Hitze born in 1650. He was the son of Heinrich Hitze. (Mother unknown) Anna Maria Hitze was born in 1695 in Weikenohl and died: 23 Dec 1764, Weikenohl, Germany when she was aged 69 and is buried in Drolshagen. The older European spelling of Schele is Schildt. It's similar to the surname Rothchild, (Rot-schildt meaning Red Shield).
The surname is related to the surname Shields, with the same root word "schele." The name was trasliterated to Shell in documents here in America.
In Finland, we find Schildts and until the 17th century when the Swedish king began collecting taxes from noble families for the use of the "von" or "van" before the name was Von Schiledt or Van Schieldt. To avoid this form of taxation, they dropped the Von or Van from before their name.
Hans Michel Borger was the son of Hans Christoph Borger born Apr 1662 in Hadermannsgruen, Oberfalz, Germany and Barbara Mertz born 1663. Hans Cristoph Borger married Barbara Mertz Born: 1663 died: 17 NOV 1737 in Frankenhausen, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany Abraham Lewis Burger's Marriges were as follows: Marriage #1. Elizabeth Holder whom Abraham Lewis Burger married in Franklin, PA in 1787. She was born in Bedford Co, Pa and died in 1849. #2: Anna Margaretha Ackerman born 14 Oct 1706 in Frankenhausen, Hessen-Daemstadt, Germany. They were married on 13 March 1732 in Seeheim, Hessen-Darmstadt, Germany. Hans Christoph Borger was the son of Adam Borger and Margretha Schuster Born:OCT 1633 in Hadermannsgruen, Franconia, Germany and died: 1668 in Germany
The children of were as follows:
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GERMAN BURGER'S WHO EMIGRATED TO RUSSIA
NOTES: In 1762, Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst, a German native of Stettin, displaced her husband Peter III and took the vacant Russian imperial throne, assuming the name of Catherine II. "Catherine the Great" published manifestos in 1762 and 1763 inviting Europeans, (except Jews)[1] to immigrate and farm Russian lands while maintaining their language and culture. Although the first received little response, the second improved the benefits that were offered and was more successful. In addition to land developed in particularly large numbers due to poor conditions in their home regions. People in other countries such as France and England were more inclined to migrate to the colonies in the Americas than to the Russian frontier. Other countries, such as Austria, forbade emigration. The settlers came mainly from Bavaria, Baden, Hesse, the Palatinate and the Rhineland, over the years 1763 to 1767.
Those who went to Russia had special rights under the terms of the manifesto. These were later revoked when the need for conscription into the Russian army arose in the latter part of the 19th century. This was especially offensive to the German Mennonite communities, whose doctrine teaches against war and aggression. Some Germans emigrated to the Americas or Germany to avoid the draft, though many did remain in Russia.
The Lower Volga villages are Dobrinka, Dubovka, Dreispitz, Galka, Holstein, Kraft, Mueller, Shcherbakovka, Schwab and Stephan.
The colonies were established as follows: Dobrinka (Nishnaya Dobrinka): 29 June 1764 Galka (Ust-Kulalinka): 12 Aug 1764 Holstein (Verkhnaya-Kutalinka): 26 May 1765 Shcherbakovka (Tcherbakovka): 15 Jun 1765 Dubovka Schwab (Buiyakov Buyerak): 8 Jul 1767 Mueller [Müller] (Krestovoi-Buyerak): 16 Aug 1767 Kraft (Verkhnaya Grasnukha): 18 Aug 1767 Stephan (Vodyanoi Buyerak): 24 Aug 1767 Dreispitz (Verkhnaya Dorbinka): 16 Sept 1767
Johann/Hans Michael Borger/Borgerhaus/Burger born Note: Origin of Surname Borger: Ashkenazi from Yiddish "borg" - borrower or lender." Many French/French Jewish surnames were anglocized following the Norman Invasion, to surnames equated today with those of Great Britain. The Borger family, following their immigration to America, settled in Virginia, in heavily French and German regions. Numerous Irish and Welsh also originated in France, where in early years, wars caused the changing of borders. My father spoke of the Hunt surname origins as "hundt," meaning "Wolf." Some ancestors used the surname Hunt and others, "Wolf." In our family we have both.
Johann Michel Borger/Borgerhaus born in 1727 in Darmstade, Freibach Place, Germany, resided in a Volga German community founded on May 26, 1765. This was a German Evangelical colony which was founded on the banks of the west side of the Volga River. Holstein Colony was located on a small upper stream called Kulalinka which flowed into the Volga at Galka. The family was still living in the Holstein Colony in 1816, and a son named Johann Christoph Borger was born to Johann Jacob Borger and Catharine Margethe Enhardt. She was born in 1790 in Tichebakote Colony, Russia. They were married 03 Dec 1807 in Russia. These Volga Germans were perhaps related to our Hans Michael Borger, who married Anna Maria Rudel in Germany.
By 1772 the village of Holstein had 202 residents. By 1798 it had 354 residents, a vineyard and three apple orchards. The government offices were locvated at Saratov. Villagers lived in simple block houses of fir or pine, and chinked with clay, some 24-30 feet long and 20 feet wide.
Alana Campbell is a Burger/Whetstone descendant through Christian Whetstone Burger. Family History of Alana (Hunt) Campbell 5214 South 2nd Avenue, Everett, Wa. 98203 Telephone (425) 257-9511
