Posted By:	Stacee Meis
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	Subject:	Re: William Henry Berna b 1860, AR
	Post Date:	April 12, 2004 at 22:40:13
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	Forum:	Berna Family Genealogy Forum
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William Henry Berna b. 11 Oct 1867 in Mountainburg,Crawford Co., Arkansas, d. 6 Jun 1940 in Albert, Caddo County, Oklahoma. Father - John Wesley Berna. Mother - Lucinda Caroline Peters. First wife was Mary Ann Wilburn. I don't have a birth date for her, but she died 25 May 1895. They married in 1887 and had four children, Vina Carolyn (b. 12 Dec 1887 in Van Buren, Arkansas, d. 31 Dec 1989 in Carnegie, Oklahoma. She married William K. Dennis on 30 Sep 1914 in Proctor, Comanche Co., Texas, and her second husband was George Allen Boyer, who she married in 1929.), Ruffie Elmer (b. 2 Nov 1889 in Mountainburg, Crawford Co., Arkansas, d. 21 Jan 1959 in Aransas Pass, Aransas Co., Texas), Omer Alva (b. 13 Mar 1892 in Van Buren, Arkansas, d. 30 Jan 1975 in Aransas Pass, Aransas Co., Texas), and Wittie Henry (b. 3 Mar 1895 in Wittieville, Oklahoma, d. 14 Feb 1962 in Carnegie, Oklahoma) He married Mary Daisy Brown in about 1896. They had 12 children, one of whom was your grandfather. Mary Daisy was born 6 Jun 1876 in Georgetown, Williamsburg Co, Texas, and died 6 Mar 1936 in Fort Cobb, Caddo Co., Oklahoma. The children were Sara Iva (b. 1 Jul 1898, Erath Co., Texas, d. 29 Nov 1972, Erath Co., Texas), Audie Ellen (b. 10 Mar 1900, Dallas, Texas, d. 4 Dec 1983, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), Coy B. (b. 13 Jun 1901, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, d. 10 Feb 1983, married Alice Hancock), Rollie Cecil (b. 13 Jun 1903, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, d. 7 Oct 1996, Harlingen, Texas), Lenzy Dell (b. 29 Apr 1905, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, d. 29 May 1974, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, married Annie May Hancock), Elam Andrew (b. 29 Dec 1906, Dublin, Erath, Texas, d. 7 Feb 1983, Hico, Texas), Elzie Orie (b. 12 Oct 1908, Dublin, Erath Co, Texas, d. 26 Sep 1974, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, married Stella Ann Maddox, 29 Oct 1932), Pink O'Neal (b. 10 Mar 1910, d. 17 Oct 1992, Palm Springs, California, married Jewell Lillian Moore and Jessie Boyd Spender), baby (b. and d. 22 Dec 1912), Verdett Agnes (b. 21 Feb 1914, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, married Mary Irene Matheny), Levern Bernice (b. 2 Jan 1917, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, married Regina Crow), and Edna Oleta (b. 16 Nov 1919, Dublin, Erath Co., Texas, married Gene Scott). Hope this helps some. I have more!!