Katherina Franziska Huber was born on the 27th of November 1857 to Felix Huber and Franziska Zurmuehle in Giswil, Switzerland. She came to America in 1874. She married Rudolph Louis Bernhardt in 1877. He was born in Berlin, Germany on the 14th of May 1846 to Carl Ludwig Eduard Bernhardt and Emilie Freiederike Pauline Meyer and came to America in 1863. Rudolph Louis Bernhardt’s first wife was named Brenda Matson who was born in Gernada, Mississippi. He married her on the 15th of September 1870. It is presumed she died around 1872. Louis was an organ builder. Katherina died in the 1910′s. The family lived in Newark, New Jersey. Louis Bernhardt then married his next wife Olga and lived with her in Philadelphia while operating a musical instrument store. Louis died in 1929 or early 1930.
Rudolph Louis Bernhardt
Katherina Franziska Huber
Katherina Franziska Huber
The Bernhardt’s
Rudolph Louis Bernhardt and Brenda Matson had one child:
1. Edward Bernhardt (1872-) who was born in Tennessee.
Rudolph Louis Bernhardt and Katherina Franziska Huber had at least 11 children:
1. Bertha Bernhardt (October 5th 1878- February 1972) who married William Schiff and had at least one child (William Schiff).
2. Louis Bernhardt (1879-)
3. Arnold Gustave Bernhardt (November 17th 1882- June 1966) who married Margaret and had at least four children (Arnold Bernhardt, Earl Bernhardt, Living, and Living).
4. Louis Anton Bernhardt (November 17th 1882-20 Jul 1940) who married Frieda Dora Coradina Fichtner and had at least four children (Grace Bertha Bernhardt, Katherine Irene Bernhardt, Alvina Muriel Bernhardt, and Dorothy Rene Bernhardt).
5. William Bernhardt (June 19th, 1884-July 1966) who married Loretta Kelsey and had at least three children (Anna Bernhardt, William Bernhardt, and Harold Bernhardt).
6. Charles Bernhardt (January 17th, 1886- November 1969) who married Anna and had at least two children (Living and Living).
7. Matthew Anthony Bernhardt (May 27th 1888- March 1977) who married Emma and had at least two children (Living and Living).
8. Ida Bernhardt (February 1890-1969) who married Frank Johnson and had at least four children (Edith Johnson, Ida Johnson, Living and Living).
9. Charlotte Bernhardt (May 1893-1954) who married Louis Wilcox.
10. b. before 1900 – child
11. b. 1900 -1910 – child
