Samuel Berndt
(1787-1870)
Catherine Dunkel
(1796-1851)
Stephen D. Bernet
(1838-1915)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Susan Beecher

Stephen D. Bernet 1 2 3 4 5

  • Born: 3 Nov 1838, Ontelaunee, Berks, PA 2 3 5
  • Marriage (1): Susan Beecher on 16 Nov 1905 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA 1
  • Died: 25 Apr 1915, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA at age 76 2 3 5
  • Buried: 29 Apr 1915, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Reformed Church, Berks, PA 2 3

   Other names for Stephen were Stephen D. Berndt 6 and Stephen D. Burnett.3 7

   FamilySearch ID: LWSG-8BY.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Newspaper: Reading Times: "Married: Stephen Berndt, yeoman, aged 66, Lenhartsville, and Susan Beecher, 1023 Spruce street. The grrom has been twice a widower, the first time on September 12, 1903, and the second time on January 7, 1905. The bride is a widow.", 17 Nov 1905, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 6

2. Census in 1910 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 8 The 1910 census recorded at 1840 Perkimonen Avenue: Stephen Bernet, 71, living with wife Susan, 60, who had given birth to no children in her life by 1910. For both this was a second marriage. They and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

3. Cause of Death: senile softing of the brain, 25 Apr 1915, Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 3

4. Residence: 1840 Perkimonen Ave., Reading, Pa. on 25 Apr 1915 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 3

5. Obituary: Reading Times: Stephen Bernet Dies At His Perkiomen Avenue Home Aged 76 on 26 Apr 1915 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. 5 WAS WELL-KNOWN RETIRED FARMER
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Stephen Bernet Dies At His Perkiomen Avenue Home Aged 76
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Stephen Bernet, aged 76 years, died at 3 yesterday morning of complications at his residence, 1840 Perkiomen avenue. He had been in ill health for two years. Mr. Bernet was born in Ontelaunee Township, a son of Samuel and Catherine (Dunkie) Bernet. For many years he was a prosperous farmer at Stonersville, but 14 years ago he retired and moved to this city. He was a member of the Reformed Church of Schwarzwald. There remain his wife, Susan (nee Miller), and these children: Annie, wife of Hoyard Saylor, of Yellow House; Sallie, wife of William Redcay, Stonersville; Mary, wife of William H. Hoffman, Stonersville; Samuel, Amityville, and Calvin, Stonersville. There also survives a brother, Herman Bernet, of Ontelaunee.


Stephen married Susan Beecher, daughter of John Beecher III and Susan Schmidt, on 16 Nov 1905 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA.1 (Susan Beecher was born on 18 Oct 1848 in Bern Twp., Berks, PA 7 9 10 11 12, christened on 12 May 1849 in Bern Twp.: Epler's Church, Berks, PA,11 died on 7 Mar 1939 in West Reading, Berks, PA 4 7 12 and was buried on 10 Mar 1939 in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 4 7 12.)


Sources


1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VFM4-PJB Stephen Bernet and Susan Beecher, 1905.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79116313.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death certificate 38956. Stephen D. Bernet. Father Samuel Bernet. Mother Catharine Dunkel.

4 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 8 Mar 1939, page 16. Obituary of Susan Beecher Burnett.

5 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 26 Apr 1915, page 3. Obituary of Stephen Bernet.

6 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 17 Nov 1905, page 2. Marriage of Stephen Berndt and Susan Beecher.

7 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Death certificate 24871. Susan Burnett. Spouse Stephen Burnett.

8 1910 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGD4-H6B Susan Bernet in entry for Stephen Bernet, 1910.

9 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Bern Township, Series: M432 Roll: 753 Page: 428.

10 Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading, Berks County, PA.

11 Epler's Church, Bern Township, Berks County, PA (FHC Microfilm 1433080), Page 13.

12 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85654313.



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