Paul was born on May 14 1864 in Rome, NY, the 4th of 10 living children and moved to Cleveland with his parents, Paul & Mary Ann (Bellman) Bernhard in 1880 at the age of 16. He had eight brothers & two sisters. He appeared in the 1870 & 1875 Rome, NY census with his family.
Paul was 26 when he was married to Ella Pflager on Oct. 23, 1890 in Cleveland by a Rev. C. Streich.
They had one daughter, Bernadine who was born in Feb. 1900.
Paul & Ella appeared in the 1900 Cleveland census living on 82 Portland St. Paul was listed as a salesman in the iron business. They were living on 26 Elsinore St. in the 1910 Cleveland census.
Paul passed away on Oct. 20, 1915 at the Cleveland State Hospital in East Cleveland at age 51. Ella died on Dec. 16, 1923, 8 years after Paul. They are both buried at Lake View Cemetery in Sec. 24, Lot 868.

1. 1900 CENSUS: Cuyahoga Co, OH 6/4/1900
BERNHARD, Paul 36, born in NY, a salesman, wife Ella 31, married 10 years, having 1 living daughter Bernadine 3 mos; were living at 82 Portland St., Cleveland.

2. 1910 CENSUS: Cuyahoga Co, OH0 4/9/1910
BERNHARD, Paul 45, a salesman of iron; wife Ella 41 and Bernadine 10; were living at 26 Elsinore St., Cleveland.

3. 1920 CENSUS: Cuyahoga Co, OH 1/3/1920
BERNHARD, Ella 50, widowed, and Bernadine 19, were living at 1735 Elsinore St., Cleveland.

4. www.cpl.org/NECROLOGY FILE, Cleveland Press, 20 Oct 1915
PAUL BERNHARD, 51 years, beloved husband of Ella Bernhard. Funeral from his residence, 26 Elsinore St., Thursday, 2 pm. Burial private. Lakeview Cemetery, Cleveland.

5. OHIO DEATH CERTIFICATE, File #53912, Cuyahoga Co.
PAUL BERNHARD, a retired hardward store salesman, resided at Cleveland State Hospital for 2 yr and died there on Oct. 18, 1915 from general paralysis of the insane. Burial Lake View Cemetery, Oct. 21st.
Informant was sister Adeline Bohland. She said Paul was born in Rome, NY on May 14, 1864. Parents were Paul Bernhard and Mary Bellman, both born in Germany.