Charles Harrison Bernhard (1869-1923)

Charles Harrison Bernhard

Birth

3 Mar 1869

Rome, Oneida County, New York, USA

Death

11 May 1923 (aged 54)

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA

Burial

Lake View Cemetery

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Add to Map

Plot

Section 21 Lot 293-A

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Charles Harrison was born on March 3, 1869 in Rome, NY, the 6th of twelve children of Paul B & Mary Ann [Bellman] Bernhard. He moved to Cleveland with his parents in Sept. 1879 when he was 11. He had eight brothers & two sisters.
Charles was 31 when he married Carrie Charlton Alexander on Aug. 23, 1900 in Cleveland.
They were married by Rev. R. H. Edwards and never had any children, although Carrie had a son Charlton Alexander from her first marriage who was 8 when they married.
They had been married 17 years when Carrie died Jan. 4, 1917 when she was only 47 and is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Sec. 25, Lot 996A.
Sometime after 1920 he married Margaret May Santee who is listed in his obit.
He died at the age of 54 on May 11, 1923 at St. Luke's Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Charles is buried at Lake View Cemetery in Sec. 21, Lot 293A.

1. 1910 OHIO CENSUS, Cuyahoga Co; 4/22/1910
BERNHARD, Charles H. 41, born in NY, salesman in clothing store; wife Carrie 40, married 10 years, born in Ohio, and step-son Charlton A. Alexander 18, single, were living on Sunset Dr. in Euclid twp, OH

2. 1920 OHIO CENSUS, Cuyahoga Co; 1/10/1920
BERNHARD, Charles 51, widowed, born in Ohio, a salesman, lodging at 1794 E. 90th St., Cleveland.

3. OBIT, CLEVELAND PRESS; 5/11/1923
Charles H. Bernhard, beloved husband of Margaret May (nee Santee), brother of Frank, Mrs. Addie Bohland, Joseph, Mrs. Howard J. Latimer (Minnie) of Los Angeles, Calif, Bloomfield, Harry and Frederick of Detroit, Mich.; died 9:45 pm, Friday, May 11 at St. Luke's Hospital. Funeral Tuesday, May 15 at 2 pm from late residence, 841 E. 128th St. Burial at Lake View Cemetery.

4. OHIO - DEATH CERTIFICATE, File #31432, Cuyahoga Co.
CHARLES BERNHARD; residing at 841 E. 128th St, Cleveland; died at St. Luke's Hospital on May 11, 1923 at 9:59 p.m. from a cerebral hemorrhage at 54 yrs, 2 mos, 8 days. Burial at Lake View Cemetery, May 15th.
Informant wife [2nd] Margaret Bernhard. She listed Charles was born in Rome, NY on Mar. 3, 1869. Father Paul Bernhard; mother Mary Bellman, both born in Germany.