Johann Heinrich BERGER
EVANG-LUTHER PAR. VIERMUENDEN, HESSEN, PRUSSIA BY RESEARCHER HELLMUT PLATH. He was a shoemaker and peasant. Named Henry on death cert.of son #3. BIRTH: Source: IGIm 537134. CHRISTENING: Godparents : Henrich Hartmann, father of the mother. confirmation : whitsun1821 at Viermuenden. Church records by Anita Lorenz 9 Dec 2001.
EVANG-LUTH PAR. VIERMUENDEN, HESSEN, PRUSSIA BY RESEARCHER HELLMUT PLATH. Also IGIa F537387. Named HANNAH on death cert.of son #3. BIOGRAPHY: Christening Godparents : Anna Catharina Paulus. Church records by Anita Lorenz 9 Dec 2001.
REGISTAR GENERALS OFFICE - NEW SOUTH WALES, AUST. Death Certificate shows he died of a gunshot wound. Johannes Berger and Elizabeth Paulus arrived in Australia on 30 Nov 1863 on the ship "San Francisco" at Brisbane. Johann Peter,the eldest son was two years old when they landed. He was born 9 Nov 1861 at Viermunden,Frankenberg,Prussia and became a naturalized Australian citizen on 7 Feb 1905 at Glen Innes. They soon moved to Deepwater, NSW, 26 miles north of Glen Innes where Mary was born on 1 Dec 1864. They then moved to the small village of Yarrowford where Anna Elizabeth was born on 2 Aug 1867 and Louisa on 20 Apr 1869. After a few years,they moved to Glen Innes where the remainder of the family was born. He was a bootmaker. All the five boys were miners in their young days working on the Mann River ,east of Glen Innes. Bernhard was a tin buyer. Viermunden is now (2000) a part of the city of Frankenberg. CHRISTENING: Godparents : Johannes Wollmar, son of the late Jost Henrich Wollmar. Confirmation : Easter 1851 at Viermuenden, knowledge : ,,good. Church records by Anita Lorenz 9 Dec 2001.
Source IGI m,F1760772.
He married Anna Katharina Wallmer 23 Sep 1832 at Viermeunden, Hessen, Prussia . Anna Katharina Wallmer was born at Viermunden, Hessen, Prussia 28 Dec 1810 daughter of Jost Henrich Wollmar and Anna Gertraud Truss .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Anna Elizabeth Berger
born 11 Mar 1833.
Johann Peter Berger
born 29 Jul 1834.
Johannes Berger
born 1 Feb 1837.
Johann Jost Berger
born 22 Oct 1839.
Heinrich Berger
born 30 Oct 1845.
Ann Elizabeth Berger
born 22 Jul 1852.
Johann Heinrich Berger died 5 Oct 1871 at Viermunden, Hessen, Prussia. .
Anna Katharina Wallmer died 19 Feb 1864 at Viermuenden, Hessen, Prussia .