Gerard Joseph Bernier (1923 - 2011)

Born 20 Aug 1923 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Jun 2011 at age 87 in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Gerard Joseph Bernier was born on 20 August 1923 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He was the only child of Joseph Bernier and Marie Bourque.^[1] Gerard's parent's marriage may have been unhappy. By the time of the 1930 Census his parents were living apart, his father listed as a boarder in Fall River.^[2] The 1940 Census found Gerard living in a household with his mother and grandmother.^[3]

When World War II broke out, Gerard joined the United States Navy. He served as a YNT2 (Yeoman (typist) Petty Officer 2nd Class) in both World War II and in the Korean Conflict.^[4]

Gerard Joseph Bernier passed away on 29 Jun 2011 in New Bedford, Massachusetts.^[5] He was laid to rest under a military tombstone at Pine Grove Cemetery located in New Bedford.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6Z9W-LD4B : 9 February 2021), Gerard Joseph Bernier, 1923.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMZ2-ZBK : accessed 16 April 2022), Joseph Bernier in household of Napoleon Lepage, Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 20A, line 31, family 433, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2170; FHL microfilm 2,341,904.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4K3-CP6 : 10 January 2021), Gerard Bernier in household of Marie Bernier, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-18, sheet 3A, line 6, family 41, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1698.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106831506/gerard-j-bernier: accessed 04 October 2022), memorial page for Gerard J. Bernier (20 Aug 1923–29 Jun 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106831506, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ace (contributor 49862805) .
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JTL8-XP6 : 12 January 2021), Gerard J Bernier, 29 Jun 2011; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106831506/gerard-j-bernier: accessed 04 October 2022), memorial page for Gerard J. Bernier (20 Aug 1923–29 Jun 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 106831506, citing Pine Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Ace (contributor 49862805) .

"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D9CG-XJPZ : 9 December 2020), Gerard J. Bernier in entry for Joseph G. Bernier, 1967.