He was baptized as Peter Paul Bernhard Schubert but was also known as Bernhard.
Bernhard was only eleven years old when he, his widowed 50-year-old mother and his three siblings left Germany in 1838 for a new start following his father's death. They were sailing in the wake of Bernhard's oldest brother Cornelius who made it to America in 1836.
Like so many German immigrants, the family sailed out of the port of Bremen. The ship was called the "Pennsylvania" and it landed in Baltimore, Maryland on the Fourth of June 1838.
Then, by way of land and river, the traveled probably first to St. Louis, Missouri where they surely would have been met by Cornelius who they had not seen for four years. He would then have taken them by carriage south east to the heavily German-stocked St. Clair Co., Illinois and into the Shiloh Valley Township where he had bought land two years prior.
Their mother apparently did not live long in their new land and is said to have died in 1840.
Bernhard married a fellow German immigrant 11 years after arriving in St. Clair County. They settled there and appear in the 1850 U.S. Census, living with his brother Robert's family. He is called 'Benard' a farmer, aged 23 with 21 year old Margaret.
In 1853 he and his brother Robert purchased various tracts of land a few miles outside of Belleville. Bernhard bought one of these 40 acres tracts from Robert four years later and that farm became the homestead of Bernhard's family for over 40 years (known as T1NR7W, Sec. 21). It is today at the corner of Rte's 161 and 158. (The farm is still active and was owned in 1989 by an Alan Knobeloch).
Bernhard had another 30 acres next to some land of George Schuetz (St. Clair Co. deed book G-2, p. 467). Bernhard's daughter Augusta married George Schuetz Jr.
In the 1860 U.S. Census, he is Head of household, a 33 year old farmer with $5,000 of Real Estate and $1,000 of personal estate. He, Margerat and their three daughters are living next to Emily 'Weaver' and her son, plus Oswald Schubert, their 16 year old nephew who was later killed in the Civil War.
By 1870, Bernhard's real estate was worth $6,000, though his personal worth did not change. He is listed with Margaret and children Augusta, Louisa, Anna, Gerlina (Cicela) and Paulina along with his sister 'Emilia Weber'.
Bernhard's death in 1877 is mentioned in the same paper as the obituary of his sister Emilie who died six days after he did. It says he died "last Saturday (3 February) on Carlyle Rd., after a very short illness." (Belleville Weekly Advocate, 9 February 1877, p. 2). His tombstone says he was born 23 September and died 13 February.
His children sold off all of Bernhard's holdings in 1899. His estate, consisting of turkeys, ducks, 2 cows, apple butter, household furniture, "a lot of wheat" etc. was valued at $1317.78.
Bernhard was only eleven years old when he, his widowed 50-year-old mother and his three siblings left Germany in 1838 for a new start following his father's death. They were sailing in the wake of Bernhard's oldest brother Cornelius who made it to America in 1836.
Like so many German immigrants, the family sailed out of the port of Bremen. The ship was called the "Pennsylvania" and it landed in Baltimore, Maryland on the Fourth of June 1838.
Then, by way of land and river, the traveled probably first to St. Louis, Missouri where they surely would have been met by Cornelius who they had not seen for four years. He would then have taken them by carriage south east to the heavily German-stocked St. Clair Co., Illinois and into the Shiloh Valley Township where he had bought land two years prior.
Their mother apparently did not live long in their new land and is said to have died in 1840.
Bernhard married a fellow German immigrant 11 years after arriving in St. Clair County. They settled there and appear in the 1850 U.S. Census, living with his brother Robert's family. He is called 'Benard' a farmer, aged 23 with 21 year old Margaret.
In 1853 he and his brother Robert purchased various tracts of land a few miles outside of Belleville. Bernhard bought one of these 40 acres tracts from Robert four years later and that farm became the homestead of Bernhard's family for over 40 years (known as T1NR7W, Sec. 21). It is today at the corner of Rte's 161 and 158. (The farm is still active and was owned in 1989 by an Alan Knobeloch).
Bernhard had another 30 acres next to some land of George Schuetz (St. Clair Co. deed book G-2, p. 467). Bernhard's daughter Augusta married George Schuetz Jr.
In the 1860 U.S. Census, he is Head of household, a 33 year old farmer with $5,000 of Real Estate and $1,000 of personal estate. He, Margerat and their three daughters are living next to Emily 'Weaver' and her son, plus Oswald Schubert, their 16 year old nephew who was later killed in the Civil War.
By 1870, Bernhard's real estate was worth $6,000, though his personal worth did not change. He is listed with Margaret and children Augusta, Louisa, Anna, Gerlina (Cicela) and Paulina along with his sister 'Emilia Weber'.
Bernhard's death in 1877 is mentioned in the same paper as the obituary of his sister Emilie who died six days after he did. It says he died "last Saturday (3 February) on Carlyle Rd., after a very short illness." (Belleville Weekly Advocate, 9 February 1877, p. 2). His tombstone says he was born 23 September and died 13 February.
His children sold off all of Bernhard's holdings in 1899. His estate, consisting of turkeys, ducks, 2 cows, apple butter, household furniture, "a lot of wheat" etc. was valued at $1317.78.
He was baptized as Peter Paul Bernhard Schubert but was also known as Bernhard.
Bernhard was only eleven years old when he, his widowed 50-year-old mother and his three siblings left Germany in 1838 for a new start following his father's death. They were sailing in the wake of Bernhard's oldest brother Cornelius who made it to America in 1836.
Like so many German immigrants, the family sailed out of the port of Bremen. The ship was called the "Pennsylvania" and it landed in Baltimore, Maryland on the Fourth of June 1838.
Then, by way of land and river, the traveled probably first to St. Louis, Missouri where they surely would have been met by Cornelius who they had not seen for four years. He would then have taken them by carriage south east to the heavily German-stocked St. Clair Co., Illinois and into the Shiloh Valley Township where he had bought land two years prior.
Their mother apparently did not live long in their new land and is said to have died in 1840.
Bernhard married a fellow German immigrant 11 years after arriving in St. Clair County. They settled there and appear in the 1850 U.S. Census, living with his brother Robert's family. He is called 'Benard' a farmer, aged 23 with 21 year old Margaret.
In 1853 he and his brother Robert purchased various tracts of land a few miles outside of Belleville. Bernhard bought one of these 40 acres tracts from Robert four years later and that farm became the homestead of Bernhard's family for over 40 years (known as T1NR7W, Sec. 21). It is today at the corner of Rte's 161 and 158. (The farm is still active and was owned in 1989 by an Alan Knobeloch).
Bernhard had another 30 acres next to some land of George Schuetz (St. Clair Co. deed book G-2, p. 467). Bernhard's daughter Augusta married George Schuetz Jr.
In the 1860 U.S. Census, he is Head of household, a 33 year old farmer with $5,000 of Real Estate and $1,000 of personal estate. He, Margerat and their three daughters are living next to Emily 'Weaver' and her son, plus Oswald Schubert, their 16 year old nephew who was later killed in the Civil War.
By 1870, Bernhard's real estate was worth $6,000, though his personal worth did not change. He is listed with Margaret and children Augusta, Louisa, Anna, Gerlina (Cicela) and Paulina along with his sister 'Emilia Weber'.
Bernhard's death in 1877 is mentioned in the same paper as the obituary of his sister Emilie who died six days after he did. It says he died "last Saturday (3 February) on Carlyle Rd., after a very short illness." (Belleville Weekly Advocate, 9 February 1877, p. 2). His tombstone says he was born 23 September and died 13 February.
His children sold off all of Bernhard's holdings in 1899. His estate, consisting of turkeys, ducks, 2 cows, apple butter, household furniture, "a lot of wheat" etc. was valued at $1317.78.
Bernhard was only eleven years old when he, his widowed 50-year-old mother and his three siblings left Germany in 1838 for a new start following his father's death. They were sailing in the wake of Bernhard's oldest brother Cornelius who made it to America in 1836.
Like so many German immigrants, the family sailed out of the port of Bremen. The ship was called the "Pennsylvania" and it landed in Baltimore, Maryland on the Fourth of June 1838.
Then, by way of land and river, the traveled probably first to St. Louis, Missouri where they surely would have been met by Cornelius who they had not seen for four years. He would then have taken them by carriage south east to the heavily German-stocked St. Clair Co., Illinois and into the Shiloh Valley Township where he had bought land two years prior.
Their mother apparently did not live long in their new land and is said to have died in 1840.
Bernhard married a fellow German immigrant 11 years after arriving in St. Clair County. They settled there and appear in the 1850 U.S. Census, living with his brother Robert's family. He is called 'Benard' a farmer, aged 23 with 21 year old Margaret.
In 1853 he and his brother Robert purchased various tracts of land a few miles outside of Belleville. Bernhard bought one of these 40 acres tracts from Robert four years later and that farm became the homestead of Bernhard's family for over 40 years (known as T1NR7W, Sec. 21). It is today at the corner of Rte's 161 and 158. (The farm is still active and was owned in 1989 by an Alan Knobeloch).
Bernhard had another 30 acres next to some land of George Schuetz (St. Clair Co. deed book G-2, p. 467). Bernhard's daughter Augusta married George Schuetz Jr.
In the 1860 U.S. Census, he is Head of household, a 33 year old farmer with $5,000 of Real Estate and $1,000 of personal estate. He, Margerat and their three daughters are living next to Emily 'Weaver' and her son, plus Oswald Schubert, their 16 year old nephew who was later killed in the Civil War.
By 1870, Bernhard's real estate was worth $6,000, though his personal worth did not change. He is listed with Margaret and children Augusta, Louisa, Anna, Gerlina (Cicela) and Paulina along with his sister 'Emilia Weber'.
Bernhard's death in 1877 is mentioned in the same paper as the obituary of his sister Emilie who died six days after he did. It says he died "last Saturday (3 February) on Carlyle Rd., after a very short illness." (Belleville Weekly Advocate, 9 February 1877, p. 2). His tombstone says he was born 23 September and died 13 February.
His children sold off all of Bernhard's holdings in 1899. His estate, consisting of turkeys, ducks, 2 cows, apple butter, household furniture, "a lot of wheat" etc. was valued at $1317.78.
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