Born;
Father; Johann Otto Gerd-to-Berens
Mother; Anna Margaretha Rodenjohann
Married; 25 Mar 1856 Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois
Original name: Gerd-to-Berens and earlier Gerd-to-Berensel I have Gerd-to-Berens/Berensel ancestry to c1650 Verl, Kreis Gutersloh, Westfalen, Germany. Today, the surname in USA is Berns and Burns [one son, or his descendants, of ANTHONY used Burns].
Ernst Heinrich 'Henry' Berns christened [Gerd-to-Berens] 7 May 1826; naturalized: 17 May 1872. Wife Christina Augusta Beireiss born or chr: 19 Jul 1838 Lutheran Church records in Nazza, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany. [I have a picture of the stain-glass Familie Beireiss Coat of Arms on glass wall in government building].
They had 8 known children: 1)Henry Christopher, 2)Andrew Herman 'Andrew', 3)ANTHONY (d. Duluth, MN - my husband's lineage), 4)Joseph Patrick, 5)William Lawrence George, 6)Anna Gertrude, 7)Otto George, 8)Herman Andrew 'Herman'.
submitted by: Jean Wall
Update correction: Not to take away from what was previously posted, Ernst was naturalized in 1860. ( Joyce Berns)
Father; Johann Otto Gerd-to-Berens
Mother; Anna Margaretha Rodenjohann
Married; 25 Mar 1856 Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois
Original name: Gerd-to-Berens and earlier Gerd-to-Berensel I have Gerd-to-Berens/Berensel ancestry to c1650 Verl, Kreis Gutersloh, Westfalen, Germany. Today, the surname in USA is Berns and Burns [one son, or his descendants, of ANTHONY used Burns].
Ernst Heinrich 'Henry' Berns christened [Gerd-to-Berens] 7 May 1826; naturalized: 17 May 1872. Wife Christina Augusta Beireiss born or chr: 19 Jul 1838 Lutheran Church records in Nazza, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany. [I have a picture of the stain-glass Familie Beireiss Coat of Arms on glass wall in government building].
They had 8 known children: 1)Henry Christopher, 2)Andrew Herman 'Andrew', 3)ANTHONY (d. Duluth, MN - my husband's lineage), 4)Joseph Patrick, 5)William Lawrence George, 6)Anna Gertrude, 7)Otto George, 8)Herman Andrew 'Herman'.
submitted by: Jean Wall
Update correction: Not to take away from what was previously posted, Ernst was naturalized in 1860. ( Joyce Berns)
Born;
Father; Johann Otto Gerd-to-Berens
Mother; Anna Margaretha Rodenjohann
Married; 25 Mar 1856 Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois
Original name: Gerd-to-Berens and earlier Gerd-to-Berensel I have Gerd-to-Berens/Berensel ancestry to c1650 Verl, Kreis Gutersloh, Westfalen, Germany. Today, the surname in USA is Berns and Burns [one son, or his descendants, of ANTHONY used Burns].
Ernst Heinrich 'Henry' Berns christened [Gerd-to-Berens] 7 May 1826; naturalized: 17 May 1872. Wife Christina Augusta Beireiss born or chr: 19 Jul 1838 Lutheran Church records in Nazza, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany. [I have a picture of the stain-glass Familie Beireiss Coat of Arms on glass wall in government building].
They had 8 known children: 1)Henry Christopher, 2)Andrew Herman 'Andrew', 3)ANTHONY (d. Duluth, MN - my husband's lineage), 4)Joseph Patrick, 5)William Lawrence George, 6)Anna Gertrude, 7)Otto George, 8)Herman Andrew 'Herman'.
submitted by: Jean Wall
Update correction: Not to take away from what was previously posted, Ernst was naturalized in 1860. ( Joyce Berns)
Father; Johann Otto Gerd-to-Berens
Mother; Anna Margaretha Rodenjohann
Married; 25 Mar 1856 Yorkville, Kendall, Illinois
Original name: Gerd-to-Berens and earlier Gerd-to-Berensel I have Gerd-to-Berens/Berensel ancestry to c1650 Verl, Kreis Gutersloh, Westfalen, Germany. Today, the surname in USA is Berns and Burns [one son, or his descendants, of ANTHONY used Burns].
Ernst Heinrich 'Henry' Berns christened [Gerd-to-Berens] 7 May 1826; naturalized: 17 May 1872. Wife Christina Augusta Beireiss born or chr: 19 Jul 1838 Lutheran Church records in Nazza, Kreis Eisenach, Thüringen, Germany. [I have a picture of the stain-glass Familie Beireiss Coat of Arms on glass wall in government building].
They had 8 known children: 1)Henry Christopher, 2)Andrew Herman 'Andrew', 3)ANTHONY (d. Duluth, MN - my husband's lineage), 4)Joseph Patrick, 5)William Lawrence George, 6)Anna Gertrude, 7)Otto George, 8)Herman Andrew 'Herman'.
submitted by: Jean Wall
Update correction: Not to take away from what was previously posted, Ernst was naturalized in 1860. ( Joyce Berns)
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