JOHANN CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH BERG
| BIRTH: November 30, 1771 Quetzen, Westfalia Prussia MARRIED: Anne Dreves December 12, 1790 Lahde, Westfalia Prussia DEATH: September 1, 1836 Quetzen, Westfalia Prussia |
CHILDREN Friedrich Wilhelm Berg Christine Marie Berg Johann Friedrich Berg Johann Friedrich Berg Hanne Friedericka Berg Christine Ilse Berg Ilse Marie Berg |
BORN September 27, 1791 June 7, 1794 January 20, 1797 September 7, 1799 August 17, 1802 August 16, 1805 May 3, 1808 |
DIED February 4, 1797 December 10, 1859 1811 |
The Berg family lived on Mazloh Street - Nr.52 in the village of Quetzen, province of Westfalia, Kingdom of Prussia. It was the custom in those days to number the houses in the order they were built. So, Nr.52 indicates that the Berg house was the 52nd house built in Quetzen. This was a farmhouse on about 100 acres of land. The original house has long since burned to the ground. In 1984, the only building remaining from the Berg's time there was the barn.
Johann Berg acquired the property through his marriage to Anne Dreves. He was the oldest son of Conrad Berg, who was just a hireling, or laborer. He was the first of the Bergs to become a landowner. When he died he left behind seven sons.
The cause of his death is shown on the death certificate as "narrow breasted."
Sources:
Marriage and death are recorded at the Ev.Luth.Ch. at Lahde.
Letter from Uta Neuhaus - 1-10-90.
Letter from Reinhard Kassler - 18 May 1996