Where did the name Berg come from? What is their coat of arms? When did the Berg family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?

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Berg Coat of Arms and Name History

Berg

Origin Displayed: Jewish

Origins Available: Dutch-Alt, Dutch, German, Jewish, Swedish

This product is available in 11 X 17 parchment scroll format, but extracts from this history are not available at this time.

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Suggested Readings for the name Berg
"The Hans Hanson Berg Family History" by Nancy Stout Larson, "A Line of Descendants and Ancestors of Josiah Burge (including the Berg Family) a Revolutionary Patriot" by Joan A. Hoelaars.

Some noteworthy people of the name Berg

Laura Berg, American softball player
Paul Berg (b. 1926), American molecular biologist
Elizabeth Berg (b. 1986), American singer with The Like, daughter of Tony Berg
Shelly Berg (b. 1955), American jazz pianist and educator
Tony Berg (b. 1954), American guitarist, father of Elizabeth Berg
Alban Berg (1885-1935), Austrian composer, born in Vienna, who studied under Arnold Schoenberg
Andrea Berg (b. 1981), German volleyball player
Henning Berg (b. 1969), Norwegian football player
Adje "Adrian" van den Berg (b. 1954), Dutch rock guitarist

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