Gerardus Cornelus Bernards

Brief Life History of Gerardus Cornelus

When Gerardus Cornelus Bernards was born on 22 September 1880, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, his father, Jan Barend Bernards, was 31 and his mother, Antonia Elisabeth Kemp, was 30. He married Gerritje Meijer on 22 December 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940 and North Salt Lake, Davis, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 17 April 1955, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Gerardus Cornelus Bernards
1880–1955
Gerritje Meijer
1882–1952
Marriage: 22 December 1905
John Barend Bernards
1906–1983
Wilhelmina Gurtie Bernards
1910–1999
Anita Virginia Bernards
1915–2003
LeGrand Meyer Bernards
1921–2001

Sources (69)

  • George C Bernards, "United States 1950 Census"
  • 1880-Original birth record (#8588 middle right page) for Gerdardus Cornelis Bernards, Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950; pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12649-8274-8
  • Gerardus C. Bernards, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1881 · First Telephone Network

On June 1, 1881, the very first local telephone network was established in Amsterdam.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Bernard .

Latvian: from the personal name Bernards, Latvian form of Bernard .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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