Adelia A (Stevens) Bertels (abt. 1837 - 1896)

Born about 2 Mar 1837 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 21 Jul 1896 at about age 59 in Lake Carey, Lemon Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Adelia Stevens Bertels was born in 1837 per her gravestone and in 1838 per the obituary attached to the gravestone image^[1]; according to the obituary, she was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsulvania and she died at the family cottage at Lake Carey in1896 and is buried in Wilkes-Barre. However, there are probate records from 3 Jul 1895 suggesting she died in 1895. ^[2].

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1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105788214/adelia-a-bertels
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/8802/005544911_00392?pid=2101820&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D8802%26h%3D2101820%26tid%3D10314352%26pid%3D200016752151%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DhQC362%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=10314352&personid=200016752151&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=hQC362&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXTZ-YYP : 11 November 2020), Adelia Bertels in entry for Arnold Bertels, 1860.

• From History of Luzerne County, Pa., by H.C. Bradsby, 1893

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5M-HNM : 17 October 2014), Jacob Z Bertels in household of Arnold Bertels, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 3, family 15, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,868.