Bertha Orschak

Birth Name Bertha Orschak
Gender female
Age at Death 62 years, 6 months, 18 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth February 2, 1886 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   1a
Event Note

Return of a Birth, Board of Health, Cleveland
February 2, 1886
female Orshekofski
at 34 Berg
mother: Henrietta Orshekofski, age 44, born in Germany
father: William Orshekofski, age 44, born in Germany
attendant: R Harpin? 1150 Woodland Ave

"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6F6-SVM : accessed 3 December 2015), Orshekofski, 02 Feb 1886; citing Birth, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, reference , county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,893,415.

Census (Sister) June 1, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 1900 Herman Orschak household 2a
Event Note

1900 Census Ward 1, Cleveland, ED 9, sheet 9A, family 190
June 1, 1900
at 38 Hill Street

[note: Herman was not indexed on familysearch or ancestry.com, although he was head of this household. Find the family by looking for "Edward Orchak".]

Herman Orchak/Orschak, 33, October 1866, single, born in Germany, parents also, arrived 1872, teamster
Edward Orchak/Orschak, 19, August 1870, single, born in Ohio, parents in Germany, teamster
Bertie Orchak/Orschak, 14, January 1886, single, born in Ohio, parents in
Christine Marquardt, aunt, 60, May/March?/Nov? 1840, widowed, born in Germany, parents also, arrived 1875, no naturalization information

Edward's birth and age do not agree.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMCT-8XR : accessed 2 December 2015), Edward Orchak, Precinct C Cleveland city Ward 1, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing , NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,252.

Residence (Sister) June 1, 1900 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 38 Hill Street 2a
Event Note

living at 38 Hill Street when the 1900 census was taken

Death August 20, 1948 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States at 794 East 125th 3a
Event Note

Ohio Deaths, #53352
Bertha M Slyvester [sic]
August 20, 1948
died at her residence 794 East 125th
married, white, female
born February 2, 1886, Cleveland
husband: John, age 62
occupation: custodian for Louis Rozowski
father: William Orzowkofsky, born in Germany
mother: unknown
informant: John H A Sylvester, same address
burial: Highland Park, August 23, 1948

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6KS-S59 : accessed 3 December 2015), Bertha M Slyvester, 20 Aug 1948; citing , reference Certificate; FHL microfilm 2,246,494.

Burial August 23, 1948 Highland Park Cemetery, Highland Hills, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   3a
Event Note

Name: Sylvester, Bertha M.
Date: Aug 22 1948
Source: Plain Dealer, Reel #79
Notes: Sylvester, Bertha M., 794 E. 125th; beloved wife of John H.; mother of Mrs. Lucille Feldt, Lester W. Stewart, Mrs. Minnie Alberts, Edward J., and Harold L.; grandmother and great-grandmother; sister of Herman Orrhak; Friday, Aug. 20. Friends may call at the F. Ziehm Co. Funeral Home E. 114th and Superior Ave. Services Monday, Aug. 23, at 2 p. m.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Wilhelm Orschakovskiabout December 19, 1841June 26, 1893
Mother Henrietta Wizotzkiabout 1841November 29, 1892
    Brother     Herman Orschak about 1865 November 1, 1951
    Sister     Auguste Orschakovski
    Sister     Henrietta “Minnie” Orschakovski January 9, 1872 July 23, 1928
    Brother     Fred William Orschak October 18, 1873 April 21, 1941
    Brother     Charles Orschak/Clark January 5, 1877 May 29, 1948
    Brother     Wilhelm Oreschowski July 19, 1879 April 10, 1881
    Brother     Edward Orschak December 5, 1881 September 21, 1947
    Brother     Male Oreschechowski May 4, 1884 May 4, 1884
         Bertha Orschak February 2, 1886 August 20, 1948

Families

Family of John Sylvester and Bertha Orschak

Married Husband John Sylvester ( b. d. ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 7, 1907 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   4a
Event Note

Ohio, County Marriages, Application # 50989
7 March 1907
John Sylvester, 21, residence: 2136 West 62nd, born in Cleveland, occupation: printer, father: Lester Sylvester, mother: Katharine Bauman

Bertha Orschakovski, 21, residence: 2136 West 62nd, born in Cleveland, occupation: none, father: Wm Orschakovski, mother: Henrietta Vasutzki
first marriage for both
applicant: Wm Friebolin (2154 West 67th St)

married by Wm Friebolin

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8Q4-BYZ : accessed 3 December 2015), John Sylvester and Bertha Orschakovski, 07 Mar 1907; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference 498 p; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 886,219.

Source References

  1. Ohio County Births
      • Page: February 2, 1886, female Orshekofski, at 34 Berg, Cleveland
  2. 1900 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Edward Orchak/Orschak, Ward 1, Cleveland, ED 9, sheet 9A, family 190
  3. Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
      • Page: Bertha M Slyvester [sic], August 20, 1948, Cleveland, #53352
  4. Ohio County Marriages
      • Page: Sylvester-Orschakovski, 7 March 1907, Cleveland, Application # 50989