Married: ?
Died:January 31, 1843 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania of Cerebritis
Buried:Machpeleh Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Father: Christopher Bersch b.1768
Mother: Elizabeth Mingeln b.c. 1777 Niederdorf, Germany

Wife: Elizabeth Young b.c.1796

Children
Henry Bersch b. 1821
Elizabeth Bersch b.1825 d.1833
Anna Bersch b.c.1827
James Chiverton Bersch b.1829 d.1833
Maria Bersch b.1831 d.1833
Charles Schindler Bersch b.1832 d.1833
Francis Bersch b.c.1834
Walter C. Bersch b.c.1836
Elizabeth Bersch b.1840

Notes:
-Baptized Feb 24, 1796
-The probate record of Henry Bersch Sr. who died 1843 names Elizabeth as his widow and she is the executrix of the will. The 1840 Census lists Henry, Sr. as living in the same Southwark 4 district of Pennsylvania.
-Declaration of Naturalization 12/23/1816.
-Original Birth Register in Lutheran Church in Amsterdam lists parents as Christoph Bersch and Elizabeth Mingeln.
-Immigrated 9/3/1807 with parents on the ship "Mechanic", V. Bagley the Master, from Amsterdam. Manifest.
-Appears in 1820,1825,1830 Philadelphia Directory as Baker
-The cemetery he was buried in was demolished and the remains moved to Mt.Moriah. No grave marker.
Sources:
-Birth Source: Declaration for Naturalization, Baptism Record in Amsterdam.
-Marriage Source: Probate Record
-Death Source: Death Certificate, Age 47.
-1820 Census, Southwark, Henry Beresch.
-1830 Census, East Southwark.
-1840 Census, "Southwark 4"
-1850 Census: Widow at Southwark 4, Philadelphia

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