Biographical Information:
The father of seven children, Charles Bertrand (aka Charles Bertram) made his living as an insurance agent and realtor:
C. BERTRAND LEITNER AGENCY
6 South Broadway. Nyack, New York.
EL 8 0213
Bert had been an avid fly-fisherman as early as the 1920s, tying his own flies and testing them in Catskill streams and rivers. He was a member of the Beaverkill Trout Club. Bert purchased property in the area, at first a fieldstone house from a family named Miller, and Anvil Rock and the Sheely pools. Bert along with Dick Sterns was a "main catalyst" behind the formation of the Debruce Fly Fishing Club of which Bucky Sterns gives an apt account:
Source: https://www.debruceffc.com/debruce-fly-fishing-club-history
People and Places
"Mr. Bert Leitner, son of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Leitner, of Piermont, and Miss Josepha Conboy, were married in St. Ann's Church in Nyack, Thursday morning of last week."
Source: Rockland County Times, Saturday, November 22nd, 1924, p. 3
C.B. was involved in Piermont and Nyack village politics from about the mid-1920s to 1935. He ran on the Democratic ticket, serving at the time as Police Judge and Justice. He curbed speeding in Rockland County by consequently issuing fines.
Mr. Leitner is mentioned in the following articles:
"Crash Due To Speed, Bus Survivor Says," NY Times, Tuesday, 27 July 1926, p. 7;
"Driver of Death Bus Held," NY Times, Wednesday, 28 July 1926, p. 21;
"Jail Mrs. Landgren; Bad Check Charged," NY Times, Sunday, 15 August 1926, p. 18.
Rockland County Business Records
Mortgages
"C. Bertram and Josepha C. Leitner, Piermont, to George A. Leitner, Piermont, for $10,000, property in Highland avenue, Orangetown."
Source: Journal News, Tuesday, August 4th 1936, p. 3
C.B. had an array of hunting dogs, some of which he entered in competitions as early as 1937. The New York Times from Tuesday, October 28th, 1941, reported him taking first place with his hound McIntosh's O'Boy at the Beagle Club in Gladstone, New Jersey, a day before.
In the 1950's he sold his Catskill property and bought a cabin next to Willowemoc Creek near the Conklin covered bridge. Many of his 20 grandchildren remember these places fondly.
C.B. filmed his travels to Wyoming and to the West Indies.
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S. S. Columbus
Sailing from New York: 21 Jan 1939
Arriving at Port of New York: 3 Feb 1939
C. Bertrand Leitner
.... Born 15 Sept 1898
.... Piermont, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
Josepha C. Leitner
.... Born 1 March 1904
.... Nyack, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
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According to the 1944 New York Telephone Directory the family resided on Broadway in Piermont. Bert had a weakness for new Cadillacs...
The father of seven children, Charles Bertrand (aka Charles Bertram) made his living as an insurance agent and realtor:
C. BERTRAND LEITNER AGENCY
6 South Broadway. Nyack, New York.
EL 8 0213
Bert had been an avid fly-fisherman as early as the 1920s, tying his own flies and testing them in Catskill streams and rivers. He was a member of the Beaverkill Trout Club. Bert purchased property in the area, at first a fieldstone house from a family named Miller, and Anvil Rock and the Sheely pools. Bert along with Dick Sterns was a "main catalyst" behind the formation of the Debruce Fly Fishing Club of which Bucky Sterns gives an apt account:
Source: https://www.debruceffc.com/debruce-fly-fishing-club-history
People and Places
"Mr. Bert Leitner, son of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Leitner, of Piermont, and Miss Josepha Conboy, were married in St. Ann's Church in Nyack, Thursday morning of last week."
Source: Rockland County Times, Saturday, November 22nd, 1924, p. 3
C.B. was involved in Piermont and Nyack village politics from about the mid-1920s to 1935. He ran on the Democratic ticket, serving at the time as Police Judge and Justice. He curbed speeding in Rockland County by consequently issuing fines.
Mr. Leitner is mentioned in the following articles:
"Crash Due To Speed, Bus Survivor Says," NY Times, Tuesday, 27 July 1926, p. 7;
"Driver of Death Bus Held," NY Times, Wednesday, 28 July 1926, p. 21;
"Jail Mrs. Landgren; Bad Check Charged," NY Times, Sunday, 15 August 1926, p. 18.
Rockland County Business Records
Mortgages
"C. Bertram and Josepha C. Leitner, Piermont, to George A. Leitner, Piermont, for $10,000, property in Highland avenue, Orangetown."
Source: Journal News, Tuesday, August 4th 1936, p. 3
C.B. had an array of hunting dogs, some of which he entered in competitions as early as 1937. The New York Times from Tuesday, October 28th, 1941, reported him taking first place with his hound McIntosh's O'Boy at the Beagle Club in Gladstone, New Jersey, a day before.
In the 1950's he sold his Catskill property and bought a cabin next to Willowemoc Creek near the Conklin covered bridge. Many of his 20 grandchildren remember these places fondly.
C.B. filmed his travels to Wyoming and to the West Indies.
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S. S. Columbus
Sailing from New York: 21 Jan 1939
Arriving at Port of New York: 3 Feb 1939
C. Bertrand Leitner
.... Born 15 Sept 1898
.... Piermont, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
Josepha C. Leitner
.... Born 1 March 1904
.... Nyack, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
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According to the 1944 New York Telephone Directory the family resided on Broadway in Piermont. Bert had a weakness for new Cadillacs...
Biographical Information:
The father of seven children, Charles Bertrand (aka Charles Bertram) made his living as an insurance agent and realtor:
C. BERTRAND LEITNER AGENCY
6 South Broadway. Nyack, New York.
EL 8 0213
Bert had been an avid fly-fisherman as early as the 1920s, tying his own flies and testing them in Catskill streams and rivers. He was a member of the Beaverkill Trout Club. Bert purchased property in the area, at first a fieldstone house from a family named Miller, and Anvil Rock and the Sheely pools. Bert along with Dick Sterns was a "main catalyst" behind the formation of the Debruce Fly Fishing Club of which Bucky Sterns gives an apt account:
Source: https://www.debruceffc.com/debruce-fly-fishing-club-history
People and Places
"Mr. Bert Leitner, son of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Leitner, of Piermont, and Miss Josepha Conboy, were married in St. Ann's Church in Nyack, Thursday morning of last week."
Source: Rockland County Times, Saturday, November 22nd, 1924, p. 3
C.B. was involved in Piermont and Nyack village politics from about the mid-1920s to 1935. He ran on the Democratic ticket, serving at the time as Police Judge and Justice. He curbed speeding in Rockland County by consequently issuing fines.
Mr. Leitner is mentioned in the following articles:
"Crash Due To Speed, Bus Survivor Says," NY Times, Tuesday, 27 July 1926, p. 7;
"Driver of Death Bus Held," NY Times, Wednesday, 28 July 1926, p. 21;
"Jail Mrs. Landgren; Bad Check Charged," NY Times, Sunday, 15 August 1926, p. 18.
Rockland County Business Records
Mortgages
"C. Bertram and Josepha C. Leitner, Piermont, to George A. Leitner, Piermont, for $10,000, property in Highland avenue, Orangetown."
Source: Journal News, Tuesday, August 4th 1936, p. 3
C.B. had an array of hunting dogs, some of which he entered in competitions as early as 1937. The New York Times from Tuesday, October 28th, 1941, reported him taking first place with his hound McIntosh's O'Boy at the Beagle Club in Gladstone, New Jersey, a day before.
In the 1950's he sold his Catskill property and bought a cabin next to Willowemoc Creek near the Conklin covered bridge. Many of his 20 grandchildren remember these places fondly.
C.B. filmed his travels to Wyoming and to the West Indies.
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S. S. Columbus
Sailing from New York: 21 Jan 1939
Arriving at Port of New York: 3 Feb 1939
C. Bertrand Leitner
.... Born 15 Sept 1898
.... Piermont, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
Josepha C. Leitner
.... Born 1 March 1904
.... Nyack, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
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According to the 1944 New York Telephone Directory the family resided on Broadway in Piermont. Bert had a weakness for new Cadillacs...
The father of seven children, Charles Bertrand (aka Charles Bertram) made his living as an insurance agent and realtor:
C. BERTRAND LEITNER AGENCY
6 South Broadway. Nyack, New York.
EL 8 0213
Bert had been an avid fly-fisherman as early as the 1920s, tying his own flies and testing them in Catskill streams and rivers. He was a member of the Beaverkill Trout Club. Bert purchased property in the area, at first a fieldstone house from a family named Miller, and Anvil Rock and the Sheely pools. Bert along with Dick Sterns was a "main catalyst" behind the formation of the Debruce Fly Fishing Club of which Bucky Sterns gives an apt account:
Source: https://www.debruceffc.com/debruce-fly-fishing-club-history
People and Places
"Mr. Bert Leitner, son of Dr. and Mrs. George A. Leitner, of Piermont, and Miss Josepha Conboy, were married in St. Ann's Church in Nyack, Thursday morning of last week."
Source: Rockland County Times, Saturday, November 22nd, 1924, p. 3
C.B. was involved in Piermont and Nyack village politics from about the mid-1920s to 1935. He ran on the Democratic ticket, serving at the time as Police Judge and Justice. He curbed speeding in Rockland County by consequently issuing fines.
Mr. Leitner is mentioned in the following articles:
"Crash Due To Speed, Bus Survivor Says," NY Times, Tuesday, 27 July 1926, p. 7;
"Driver of Death Bus Held," NY Times, Wednesday, 28 July 1926, p. 21;
"Jail Mrs. Landgren; Bad Check Charged," NY Times, Sunday, 15 August 1926, p. 18.
Rockland County Business Records
Mortgages
"C. Bertram and Josepha C. Leitner, Piermont, to George A. Leitner, Piermont, for $10,000, property in Highland avenue, Orangetown."
Source: Journal News, Tuesday, August 4th 1936, p. 3
C.B. had an array of hunting dogs, some of which he entered in competitions as early as 1937. The New York Times from Tuesday, October 28th, 1941, reported him taking first place with his hound McIntosh's O'Boy at the Beagle Club in Gladstone, New Jersey, a day before.
In the 1950's he sold his Catskill property and bought a cabin next to Willowemoc Creek near the Conklin covered bridge. Many of his 20 grandchildren remember these places fondly.
C.B. filmed his travels to Wyoming and to the West Indies.
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S. S. Columbus
Sailing from New York: 21 Jan 1939
Arriving at Port of New York: 3 Feb 1939
C. Bertrand Leitner
.... Born 15 Sept 1898
.... Piermont, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
Josepha C. Leitner
.... Born 1 March 1904
.... Nyack, New York
.... Residence: 9 West. Highway, Piermont
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According to the 1944 New York Telephone Directory the family resided on Broadway in Piermont. Bert had a weakness for new Cadillacs...
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