Bertschy, Perry Henry

1844 - 1894  (49 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Bertschy, Perry Henry
  Born	28 Dec 1844	, , Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  1880 Census	1880	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Cornelius Donkersly49 Mary A. Donkersly49 Jessie F. Donkersly20 Lottie E. Donkersly18 Harry H. Donkersly16 Perry H. Bertschy32 Minnie D. Bertschy25 Raymond D. Bertschy4 Perry H. Bertschy2
  Died	31 Oct 1894	Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0980
  PERRY HENRY BERTSCHY, deceased, who from 1868 until 1883 was engaged in a wholesale grocery business in Appleton, Wisconsin, was born in Illinois, December 28, 1844, and was a son of Leonard and Catherine Bertschy, natives of Switzerland who came to the United States and located in Illinois at an early day. Perry H. Bertschy obtained his education in the Baltimore (Maryland) College, and about 1865 he came to Appleton and established a wholesale grocery business, which was conducted by him with great success until 1874, when he sold his wholesale business and established a retail dry goods store. This he conducted until 1879, when he sold the store and went to New York city and engaged in business for two years. He then went to Saguache, Colorado, and there became a prominent figure in the industrial world, being identified with various large business ventures, including financial institutions, mines, ranches. and mercantile houses, and there he died October 31, 1894. Mr. Bertschy was married April 28, 1875, to Miss Minnie Donkersley, born in Paterson, New Jersey. Her parents, Cornelius and Mary A. Donkersley, came to Appleton in 1873. Mr. Donkersley, who was one of the leading men of his time, and an inventor of rare attainments, built the railroad from Marquette to the upper peninsula, a distance of sixty miles, and operated the first locomotive that ran over it. His trade was that of locomotive builder, and he was also largely interested in blast furnaces throughout this region; he died in Appleton August 5, 1894. His widow passed away in Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Bertschy had two sons: Raymond D., who is traveling for the Fox River Paper Company, is a widower and has two children, Raymond P. and Jane P.; and Perry H., a graduate of the Golden School of Mines, Colorado, and now a mining engineer in South Dakota. Mr. Bertschy was a Mason, and both of his sons belong to that order. His widow is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.
  	Bertschy, Perry Henry Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Reference Number	2812
  Person ID	I308009	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Bertschy, Leonard,   b. Abt 1803, , , , Switzerland ,   d. Aft 1880  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Unknown, Catherine,   b. Abt 1805, , , , Switzerland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F211818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Donkersley, Minnie,   b. Abt 1855, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Apr 1875
  Children	+ 1. Bertschy, Raymond D.,   b. 24 May 1876, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1929, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, USA  (Age 52 years)   2. Bertschy, Perry H.,   b. Abt 1878, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F203293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Bertschy, Perry Henry Dec 28, 1844 - Aug 5, 1894