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The Bernard Family

To read more about the Bernard Family, please see The French Collection: The Leon & Catherine Bernard Family and their Descendants by Allen W. Bernard, ©1994

*Leon Bernard*    b. 1 Nov 1789  Réchésy, Belfort, France    m. 22 Dec 1814  Réchésy, France    d. 21 Apr 1861  Maria Stein, Ohio
        Birth and Baptism Record
        Wife: *Catherine Kilker*    b. 2 Mar 1792?  Beurnevesin, Switzerland    d. bef 1850  Maria Stein, Ohio

        Marriage Record     
        Ship Immigration List    Ship name: La Leonarde    Port of Embarkation: Le Havre, France     Arrival:  29 Aug 1828  New York, NY

             (Source: NARA, Roll 012 1 Jul 1828-28 Feb 1829)
  
      1830 U.S. Census  ('Lenard Bernard')     Page1     Page2     Source
        U.S. General Land Office Record of Purchase of Land in Mercer County, Ohio     Source        
        Ohio, Homestead and Cash Entry Patents      
        1840 U.S. Census?  ('Leon Bearnharst')     Page1     Page2
        1850 U.S. Census    Page1        Page2    ('Bernard Leon')

        1850 U.S. Agriculture Census
        1853 Mercer County Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 49/621)
        1853 Mercer County Assessor's Plat Book (Town of Chickasaw)     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 59/621)
        1859 Mercer County Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 379/621)

        1860 U.S. Census
        1860 U.S. Agriculture Census     Page1     Page2     Source
        Leon Bernard Probate, Including Will (Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996, Mercer, Probate Case Files 1861 634-679, Images 1040-1087)

Children of Leon and Catherine Bernard:
        Marie Catherine Bernard    b. 19 Apr 1816  Réchésy, France    d. 3 Jan 1835?  Perry County, Ohio

                Birth Record

        *Joseph Bernard*    b. 22 May 1817  Réchésy, France    m. 13 Jun 1839  Minster, Ohio    d. 16 Mar 1886  Maria Stein, Ohio

                Birth Record
                Wife: *Maria Anna Kemper*    b. 25 Feb 1819  Pennsylvania    d. 29 Aug 1894  Cranberry Prairie, Ohio
                Marriage Record     Source
                1850 U.S. Census

                1850 U.S. Agriculture Census
                1853 Mercer County, Ohio Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 47/621)
                1859 Mercer County, Ohio Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 378/621)
                1860 U.S. Census     Page1     Page2

                1860 U.S. Agriculture Census     Page1     Page2     Source
                1870 U.S. Census
                1880 U.S. Census

                1880 U.S. Agriculture Census
                Death Record     Source  (Joseph)
                Mercer Co, Ohio Death Record    Source  (Maria)
                Maria Bernard Probate File
    
                Children of Joseph and Maria Anna (Kemper) Bernard:
                        Mary Elizabeth Bernard G
ücke or Goecke   b. 1841   m. 21 May 1861  Mercer Co, OH     d. 31 Aug 1878 Marion Twp, Mercer Co
                                Marriage Record
                                1870 U.S. Census
                                Birth Record of daughter, Catherine Goeke (1871)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, Joseph Goeke (1873)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, John 'Goke' (1877)     Source
                                Death Record     Source
                                1880 U.S. Census (Spouse, Bernard Goeke, a widower)

                                Death Certificate of son, Frank Goeke (1916)     Source
                                Death Certificate of son, 'John Goecke' (1951)     Source

                        Jacob Bernard    b. 24 Sep 1842  Maria Stein, Ohio    d. 29 Sep 1842  Maria Stein, Ohio
                
                        James Bernard    b. 1843?  Maria Stein, Ohio    d. 23 Jan 1863
        
                        Francis 'Frank' Joseph Bernard  b. 4 Apr 1846  Maria Stein, OH    m1. 3 May 1870  Mercer Co, OH    d. 9 Jul 1915  St. Henry, OH

                                Marriage Record (1st marriage)
                                Birth Record of son, Joseph (1871)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, William (1872)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Anna (1876)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, Frank (1877)     Source

                                Birth Record of son, Jacob (1880)     Source
                                1880 U.S. Census  

                                Death Record of first wife, Agnes Tepe Bernard (1880)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, Henry (1883)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Rosa (1884)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Kate (1887)     Source
                                1888 Marion Twp (Mercer County), Ohio Land Ownership Map

                                Birth Record of son, John (1891)     Source          Death Record of son, John (1891)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Agnes Elisabeth (1895)     Source

                                Birth Record1 of daughter, Emma (1898)     Source1          Birth Record2 of daughter, Emma     Source2
                                1900 U.S. Census    Page1    Page2    

                                Birth Record of son, 'Lorence' (1900)     Source   
                                Birth Record1 of son, Raymond Jacob (1901)     Source1          Birth Record2 of son, 'Roman' Jacob     Source2
                                1910 U.S. Census    Page1    Page2
                                Death Certificate     Source  (lists DOB as 4 Apr)    Ohio Death Index

                                Obituary (The Minster Post)     Ohio Obituary Index (lists DOB as 8 Apr)
                                Gravestone (St. Henry Cemetery, St. Henry, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by David Kennedy)
                                Will    Page1     Page2     Page3     Page4     Page5     Page6  

                                      (FamilySearch.org: Ohio, Probate Records, Mercer Co, Wills 1914-1919 vol 14-15)
                                1920 U.S. Census (widow, Elizabeth and children)
                                Marriage Record of son, Jacob Bernard (1922)     Source
                                1930 U.S. Census (widow, Elizabeth and children)
                                Death Certificate of wife, Elizabeth Thobe Bernard (1938)     Source

                                Gravestone of wife, Elizabeth Thobe Bernard (Calvary Cemetery, Kettering, OH; photographed by Dave)
                                Death Certificate of son, Frank Bernard (1946)     Source
                                Death Certificate of daughter, Rosa C. Bernard Boehmer (1947)     Source
                                Death Certificate of daughter, Bernadine E. Boehmer (1948)     Source

                        *Maria Magdalena Bernard ROLFES*    b. Oct 1847?  Maria Stein, Ohio    d. 22 Sep 1922  Maria Stein, Ohio
                                1910 U.S. Census (widowed)
                                1916 Mercer County, Ohio Farmer's Directory
                                1920 U.S. Census (widowed)
                                Death Certificate (year of birth incorrect)     Source

                                Obituary (The Minster Post)
                                Ohio Death Index 

                                Gravestone (St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery, Maria Stein, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by Tracy Todd)

                        John Anton Bernard     b. abt 1848  Ohio     d. 30 Jun 1903


                        Peter Bernard     b. 25 May 1850  Maria Stein, Ohio     m. 15 Sep 1891  Cincinnati, OH     d. 24 Feb 1899  Cincinnati, OH
                                1870 U.S. Census     Page1     Page2  (apprentice wagonmaker)
                                Death Certificate of wife, Elizabeth Ruther Bernard Washburn (1953)     Source

                        Joseph Bernard     b. 5 Nov 1852  Maria Stein, Ohio     m. 3 May 1881     d. 8 May 1942  Maria Stein, Ohio
                                1880 U.S. Census (boarder w/ Joseph and Magdalena Bernard Rolfes)
                                Birth Record of son, Joseph (1882)     Source  (transcription incorrectly lists month of birth as Mar - should be Nov)
                                Birth Record of son, August Henry (1884)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Mary Magdalena (1887)     Source          
                                Death Record of daughter, Magdalena Bernard (1888) 
                                Birth Record of son, Frank (1889)     Source          Death Record of son, Frank (1890)     Source

                                Birth Record of son, John Anton (1891)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Josephine (1893)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Katy (1896)     Source
                                Birth Record of daughter, Elizabeth (1898)     Source

                                1900 U.S. Census

                                Birth Record of daughter, Regina (1902)     Source
                                1910 U.S. Census

                                1916 Mercer County, Ohio Farmers' Directory
                                1920 U.S. Census

                                1930 U.S. Census
                                1940 U.S. Census     Page1     Page2
                                Death Certificate     Source
                                Ohio Death Index     Funeral Card

                                Obituary (The Minster Post)     Ohio Obituary Index
                                Gravestone (St. John Catholic Cemetery, Maria Stein, OH; Source: FindAGrave.com, photo by Joanne (Bruns) Sherwood)
                                Death Certificate of wife, Elizabeth Wildenhaus Bernard (1948)     Source

                                Obituary of wife, Elizabeth Wildenhaus Bernard (The Minster Post)     

                        Henry Bernard     b. 28 Nov 1854  Maria Stein, Ohio     d. abt 1855

                        John Henry Bernard     b. 6 Sep 1857  Ohio     m. abt 1887     d. 20 Sep 1909  Coldwater, Ohio
                                Birth Record1 of daughter 'Stalla' (1887)     Source1          Birth Record2 of daughter, 'Stalla'     Source2
                                Birth Record of daughter, Agnes Aurela (1889)     Source
                                Birth Record1 of son, Leo (1895)    Source1          Birth Record2 of son, Leo     Source2

                                Birth Record1 of daughter, Hilda (1898)    Source1          Birth Record2 of daughter, Hilda     Source2
                                1900 U.S. Census

                                Birth Record1 of son, Clarence (1900)    Source1          Birth Record2 of son, Clarence     Source2
                                Birth Record1 of son, Raphel (1905)     Source1          Birth Record2 of son, Raphel     Source2
                                Death Certificate     Source  (DOB listed as 12 Sep 1858)

                                Ohio Deaths
                                1910 U.S. Census (widow, Elizabeth and children)
                                1920 U.S. Census (widow, Elizabeth and children)
                                Death Certificate of wife, Elizabeth Stark Bernard (1947)     Source
                                Gravestone  (St. Elizabeth Cemetery, Coldwater, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by rcpm)

                        Louis Bernard    b. 19 Aug 1859  Ohio    m. 28 Sep 1886 Cranberry Prairie, OH    d. 21 Jul 1922  Wabash Twp, Darke Co, OH
                                Church Marriage Record     With Witnesses     With Parents     Source
                                Baptism Record of son, George (1887)     Source

                                Birth Record of son, Frank (1888)     Source          Baptism Record     Source
                                Baptism Record of daughter, Marie Magdalene (1889)     Source
                                Baptism Record of son, Anthony William (1891)     Source

                                Birth Record of daughter, Elisabeth (1892)     Source   
                                Death Record of daughter, Elisabeth (1894)

                                Birth Record of son, William (1896)     Source
                                Birth Record of son, Charles (1898)     Source
                                1900 U.S. Census

                                Birth Record of son, Edward (1902)     Source
                                1910 U.S. Census
                                1920 U.S. Census
                                Death Certificate     Source
                                Ohio Obituary Index

                                1940 U.S. Census (widow, Caroline living w/ son, William)     Page1     Page2
                                Death Certificate of wife, Caroline Karch Bernard (1947)     Source          Obituary  (The Minster Post)
                                Gravestone (St. Francis Cemetery, Cranberry Prairie, Mercer Co, OH; Source: FindAGrave, photographed by tut)
                                Death Certificate of son, Frank Bernard (1949)     Source

        Marie Catherine Bernard (Kemper?)    b. 1 Jun 1819  Réchésy, France     m. 20 May 1837  Minster, OH

                Birth Record

        Francois 'Franz' Bernard    b. 11 Feb 1821  Réchésy, France    d. 8 Feb 1867  Maria Stein, Ohio

                Birth Record
                1853 Mercer County, Ohio Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (Source: FHL film #8730577, Image 51/621)
                1859 Mercer County, Ohio Assessor's Plat Book     Diagram     Text     (SourceL FHL film #8730577, Image 381/621)

                Franz Bernard Probate, Including Will 
                      (FamilySearch.org: Ohio, Probate Records, 1789-1996, Mercer Co, Probate Case Files 1866-1867 no 1083-1155)
        
        Pierre 'Peter' Bernard    b. 3 Sep 1823  Réchésy, France    d. 3 Aug 1893  Maria Stein, Ohio

                Birth Record
                1870 U.S. Census (age incorrect; living with brother, Anton and three orphaned children of deceased brother Leon Bernard)
                1880 U.S. Census (age incorrect)
                1888 Marion Twp (Mercer County), Ohio Land Ownership Map ('Burnard')
                Death Record     Source  (birth year incorrect)

        Antoine 'Anthony' Bernard    b. 17 Jan 1826  Réchésy, France    d. 22 Nov 1892  Maria Stein, Ohio

                Birth Record
                1870 U.S. Census (age incorrect; living with brother, Peter and three orphaned children of deceased brother, Leon Bernard)
                1880 U.S. Census (age incorrect)
                1888 Marion Twp (Mercer County), Ohio Land Ownership Map ('Burnard')
                Death Record     Source

                Estate and Probate File
    
        Leon Bernard    b. 20 Feb 1828  Réchésy, France     m. 13 Jan 1853  Maria Stein, OH   d. 8 Apr 1857  Ohio

               Birth Record

        Magdalena Bernard   b. 15 Aug 1830?  Perry County, Ohio    d. 14 Aug 1862  Maria Stein, Ohio

        Joannes 'John' Bernard    b. 20 May 1832?  Perry County, Ohio

        Ludwig 'Louis' Bernard    b. 11 Apr 1836?  Perry County, Ohio



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