Joseph was born on Sep. 1, 1866 in Rome, NY and was the 5th of 10 living children, having eight brothers & two sisters. His parents were Paul & Mary (Bellman) Bernhard.
He moved to Cleveland with his family in Sept. 1879 when he was 14.
Joe first married Katherine about 1885 in Cleveland who was 42 years old when she died on May 15, 1907 after about 22 years of marriage. They had no children.
Joe then married Ida Mae Porter (who had been divorced twice) on Feb. 27, 1910 in Cleveland at the age of 43. They were living at 2556 E. 55th St. at the time. Ida died in 1939 after 29 years of marriage and Joe then married Hannah Baker sometime after 1939 as she signed his death certificate and was listed in his obit. Joe was a retired detective with the Cleveland Police Force.
Joe was living at 751 Dover Rd. in Westlake when he died at home on Sept. 16, 1943 at the age of 77. Hannah was 43 years old when Joe died. He was the stepfather of five.
He suffered from arteriosclerosis and hypertension for 10 years and had a cerebral hemorrhage on July 20 and died almost two months later from pneumonia. Services were held in the Mausoleum on Mon. Sept 20th.
Joe is buried at Knollwood Cemetery in the Mausoleum - South Chapel Floor, niches 437 and 439 with his second wife Ida. Katherine is buried at Lake View Cemetery with his brother Fred in Sec. 26, lot 151.

1. 1900 OHIO CENSUS, Cuyahoga Co, 6/8/1900
BERNHARD, Joseph, 34, Cathleen, 34; with her niece Genevieve Bloom; married 10 years.

2. 1910 OHIO CENSUS, Cuyahoga Co, 4/19/1910
BERNHARD, Joseph 43, Ida 38 married 1 yr, & her son Harold Gibbons, living at 2556 E. 55th St. Cleveland

3. 1920 OHIO CENSUS, Cuyahoga Co. 1/14/1920
BERNHARD, Joseph 54, born in NY, a city detective; Ida 48, born in OH, were living at 5128 Woodland Ave.

4. 1930 OHIO CENSUS, CLEVELAND, Cuyahoga Co, 4/12/1930
BERNHARD, Joseph 63 retired, Ida 58, & Harold Gibbons 38, living at 26052 Lake Rd. in Bay Village.

5. www.cpl.org/CLEVELAND NECROLOGY FILE, PLAIN DEALER OR PRESS, 20 Sep 1943.
JOSEPH BERNHARD, beloved husband of Hannah (nee Baker), stepfather of Mrs. Marie Verbic, Helen and William Finucan, Mrs. Florence Mullaly and Harold Gibbons, brother of Mrs. Minnie Latimer of California, Mrs. Adeline Bohland, Bloomfield and Harry. Friends received at Clifford Pease Funeral Home, 2914 Dover Center Rd. Services Monday, Sept. 20 at 2 pm. at Knollwood Mausoleum.

6. OHIO DEATH CERTIFICATE, File #54581
JOSEPH BERNHARD was a retired detective with the Cleveland Police Force; living at 751 Dover Rd. in Westlake, OH; suffered from arteriosclerosis and hypertension for 10 years & had a cerebral hemorrhage on July 20, died almost two months later from pneumonia at home; informant, 3rd wife Hannah Bernhard. Buried at Knollwood Cemetery.