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William Ernest Gernhard

William Ernest Gernhard (I29273)

Male 1879 - 1957  (78 years)

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  • Name William Ernest Gernhard  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Relationshipwith Albert Leopold Vitter
    Birth 1 May 1879  Elliston, Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1880  Benton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1900  Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1910  Ward 1, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1910  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1917  Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence 1920  Ward 3, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1930  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1935  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Military Service 10 Sep 1918  Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    WWI 
    Death 10 Sep 1957  Crawford, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Burial North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Siblings 2 brothers and 3 sisters 
     1. Clara Louise Gernhard,   b. 17 Aug 1872, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1967, Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    William S. Sowders, Jr.,   b. 26 Feb 1866, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1931, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years),  m. 20 Dec 1892, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     2. Elisabeth Gernhard,   b. 8 Dec 1873, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Sep 1958, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    William Gordon,   b. 15 Dec 1862, Oak Harbor, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years),  m. 12 Sep 1893, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     3. Catherine Gernhard,   b. 15 Feb 1876, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1890  (Age < 13 years)
     4. William Ernest Gernhard (current person),   b. 1 May 1879, Elliston, Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1957, Crawford, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Margaret Santee,   b. 2 May 1894, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1985, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years),  m. 1 Nov 1927, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
    Bessie P. Dorn,   b. 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1968, Avon, Lorain, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years),  m. 30 Mar 1905, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     5. John Franklin Gernhard,   b. 9 May 1881, Elliston, Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jun 1971, Sarasota, Florida, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
    Vera Gernhard,   b. Abt 1903, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED    
    Hester Mae McNay,   b. 1887, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED  ,  m. 7 Nov 1906, Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  
     6. Edward Charles Gernhard,   b. 19 Nov 1884, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1934, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
     
    Person ID I29273  Vitter-Weaver Genealogy
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Father Conrad George Gernhard,   b. 16 Nov 1851, Kassel, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1909, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Augusta Wilhelmine Wilke,   b. 17 Jun 1854, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1897, Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1871  Ottawa, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F20877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Santee,   b. 2 May 1894, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1985, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years) 
    Marriage 1 Nov 1927  Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Marriage 1 Nov 1927  Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 Bessie P. Dorn,   b. 1887, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1968, Avon, Lorain, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 30 Mar 1905  Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Phyllis Ann Gernhard,   b. 23 Jan 1907, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1993, Long-Term Care Facilities, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     2. Jack Conrad Gernhard,   b. 22 Feb 1909, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1973, Southwest General Hospital, Middleburg Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     3. Jane Augusta Gernhard,   b. 9 Aug 1912, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1990, Long-Term Care Facilities, Westlake, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F21935  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 May 1879 - Elliston, Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Benton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Port Clinton, Ottawa, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Mar 1905 - Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Ward 1, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1917 - Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - WWI - 10 Sep 1918 - Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Ward 3, Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Nov 1927 - Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Nov 1927 - Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1935 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Sep 1957 - Crawford, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - North Olmsted, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S641] Family Trees and Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA, Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members;).
      Record for Phyllis Ann Gernhard
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=19892278399&indiv=try

    2. [S641] Family Trees and Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA, Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members;).
      Record for Jane Augusta Gernhard
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=46210458237&indiv=try

    3. [S641] Family Trees and Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA, Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members;).
      Record for Jack Conrad Gernhard
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=27337354601&indiv=try

    4. [S1251] Find A Grave, Congrad Gerhard.
      Conrad Gernhard, the courteous and genial landlord of the well-known popular "Island House," Port Clinton, Ottawa county, is a native of Germany, born November 16, 1851, in Hessen-Cassel.
      In New Jersey Mr. Gernhard, the father, secured employment, and there remained about a year with his now only son, our subject, when they came to Ohio, making their home at Brownhelm, Vermillion and Birmingham respectively, sojourning about twelve months in each place. While living in Birmingham, in 1859, our subject, a boy of eight summers, was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blanke, who afterward, fall of 1860, in company with Matthias Gernhard, moved to near Elliston, Ottawa county, settling on a farm in Benton township. After the death of Mr. Blanke, which occurred not long afterward, his widow received her dower, and went to live with friends in Elyria, where she died a few years later.

      C. Gernhard, the subject proper of this sketch, grew to manhood on his foster-father's farm, where he worked hard in the lumber woods, chopping cordwood, splitting rails, making railroad ties and saw-logs, and clearing up the farm, attending country school only a few weeks during the winter season. At the age of eighteen he was given his freedom by his foster-parents, and, in 1869, commencing on his own account, he opened up a saloon business in Elliston, Ottawa county, which he continued until 1882, when he was elected sheriff of Ottawa county, which office he held four years. During the last six months of his term he built the "Island House," at the cost of $16,000, and after his term expired opened up the hotel of which he has been the proprietor since 1887. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the K. O. T. M.* and is commander of the Sons of Veterans at Port Clinton.

      On November 16, 1871, Mr. Gernhard married Miss Augusta Wilke, who was born June 17, 1854, in Prussia, daughter of Gottlieb and Hanna Louisa (Arnt) Wilke; she came to America about the year 1862. Six children were born to this union, their names and dates being as follows: Clara, August 17, 1872; Elizabeth, December 8, 1873; Catherine, February 15, 1876; William, May 1, 1879; Frank, May 9, 1881; Edward, November 19, 1884, all were born in Ottawa county, Ohio. Of these, Clara was married Dec 20, 1892, to William Sowders, member of a mercantile firm in Louisville Ky. (they have one child, Harold, born October 2, 1893); Elizabeth was married September 12, 1893, to William Gordon, attorney at law, Oak Harbor, Ohio, a son of Washington Gordon, ex-county treasurer of Ottawa county; Catherine died in childhood; William, Frank and Edward are living at the "Island House" with their parents, and attend the public schools. The entire family are identified with the German Reformed Church, and are held in the highest respect in the community.

      Previous to being elected to the office of Ottawa county Sheriff he served eight years as Clerk of Benton Township and two years as President of the board of Education of the same township.
      In 1891 he was elected a member of the Port Clinton City Council, and in 1898 ? was again called to serve in the same capacity, being at present one of the most efficient members of the body. He is also a member of the Court House Commission, which together with the Board of County Commissioners, looks after the needs of the beautiful new court house now being erected in the city.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74491657/conrad-gernhard



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