Individual Details

In the 1880 census, Bernard, with his parents and siblings, was livingin the household of Henry and Arminta Swanson and their children.

Obituary printed in "Passing in Exeter, An Anthology of Exeter'sNecrologies" at the Exeter Library, has a handwritten date of Feb. 26,1932.
"Death Comes to Three Rivers Man - Bernard Mehrtens Dies afterLingering Illness At Home -
Bernard Mehrtens, 71, well-known rancher of the Lemon Cove-ThreeRivers district, died in his home yesterday after a lingering illnessof heart disease. A native of Comanche, Calaveras county, Mehrtens wasborn on April 13, 1860.
Mehrtens had been a resident of this section of California for 63years, having come here at the age of nine. He was better known amonghis many friends and acquaintances as "barney."
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Fannie A. Mehrtens, two daughters,Miss Mamie Mehrtens and Mrs. Minnie Maxon, and one son, DavidMehrtens, all of Three Rivers, besides the following-named brothersand sisteres;;
James Mehrtens of Three Rivers, William Mehrtens of Orosi, Mrs.Rebecca Hamilton of Yokohl, Mrs. Louise Taylor of Three Rivers andMrs. Tillie Homer of Lemon Cove.
Funeral services will be conducted from the funeral chapel of A. E.Brooks & Son of Visalia at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow, Saturday afternoon.E. R. Connelly of this city will officiate and interment will be inthe family plot in Hamilton cemetery, north of Merryman."

Birth	Mar 1860	California
Census	1870	Banard, 10 (1860) born CA.
Census	29 Jun 1880	Tulare Co., CA, Twp 1, Kaweah and Mineral King. Bernard, 19 (1861), son, farm hand, born CA, father born Germany, mother born NY.
Marriage	28 Oct 1885	Tulare Co., California - Fannie Ann THARP
Census	1900	Tulare Co., CA, ED 69, Visalia Twp. Next door to Hale Tharp and family. Bernard, 40 (Mar, 1860), born CA, father born GER, mother born PA, day laborer, married 15 yr, rents.
Census	1910	Lemon Cove Twp., Tulare Co., CA. ED192 Pg 2A; Bernard Mehrten, head, 50 (1859-60), married 24 yr, born CA, father born Germany, mother born PA. Farmer, general, on own account.
Death	24 Feb 1932	Tulare Co., California
Burial	27 Feb 1932	Hamilton Cemetery, bet Exeter & Woodlake, Tulare Co., California
Reference No		1647

Spouse	Fannie Ann THARP (1861 - 1937)
Child	Minnie May MEHRTEN (1887 - 1951)
Child	David N. MEHRTEN (1889 - 1976)
Child	Mamie MEHRTEN (1904 - 1937)

Father	Louis MEHRTEN (1831 - 1892)
Mother	M. Elizabeth POPPE (1841 - 1888)
Sibling	Charles MEHRTEN (1863 - 1880)
Sibling	William F. MEHRTEN (1868 - 1932)
Sibling	Louisa E. MEHRTEN (1875 - 1932)
Sibling	James Arthur MEHRTEN (1879 - 1961)
Sibling	Matilda M. MEHRTEN (1879 - 1932)