Louis Bernhardt and Mary Bender

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Husband Louis Bernhardt ¹

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           Born: 2 Mar 1836 - Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany
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         Father: Louis Bernhardt (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Gearth (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Jun 1857 1

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Wife Mary Bender ¹

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         Father: Andrew Bender (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M John L. Bernhardt ¹

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2 M William H. Bernhardt ¹

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3 F Caroline Bernhardt ¹

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            AKA: Cally Bernhardt,2 Caroline Burnhardt 3
           Born:  - Venango Twp, Crawford Co, PA
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         Spouse: Frank R. Straw (1850-      ) 1
           Marr: 1879 3

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4 F Ida Bernhardt ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Louis Bernhardt

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He came to America in 1859, and settled in Venango Borough, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, embarking in the carriage and wagon business, which he continued up to 1883, when he engaged in the manufacture of shingles and cigar boxes in company with M. J. Straw, under firm name of M. J. Straw & Co. The firm manufactured a large quantity of cigar boxes per annum, and besides their business of making shingles and cigar boxes, they were proprietors of the only planing-mill in Venango Borough. He was a F. & A. M., member of K. of P. and A. O. U. W.; and held many of the offices in Venango Borough. In politics he was a Democrat. Both he and his wife were members of the First Lutheran Church.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1112.

2 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1122.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1268.