BIO:  George E. BERGER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Wrightsville Borough and Hellam Township, Pg 74

GEORGE E. BERGER was born in York Township, York County, April 11, 1852, and is 
the youngest son in a family of seven children of Joseph and Lehna (Yaney) 
Berger, of York County.  He was brought up on the home farm, and received his 
education in the district schools of his neighborhood.  At fifteen years of age 
he left home and worked at various occupations until the spring of 1871, when he 
began learning the trade of blacksmithing with his brother Isaac, in Longstown, 
York County, and remained there two years, after which he came to Stony Brook 
and followed his trade for eighteen months, then entered the employ of Christian 
Stoner, at Stoner’ Station, where he remained eighteen months; then opened a 
shop of his own, which he conducted until 1881, when he came to Hellam, where he 
has since been engaged for himself.  He was married April 6, 1879, to Hannah 
Keller, daughter of Jacob Keller, of York County, and has by this union two 
children:  Lillie D. and Maud.