Bernard Herwing /Gerding/
family confidence: 95 — certain (corroborated)Other paternal in-law
Facts
Each fact shows how sure the archive is of it (0–100) and the sources it rests on.
- Birth:
- 1861-04-17, Epe, Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)The tree cites the baptism index (baptised 18 Apr 1861, Sankt Agatha, Epe), the 1900 US census, the 1911 and 1916 Canadian censuses and the 1907 passenger list.
- Death:
- 1927-11-24, Alberta, Canada 752026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)The tree cites the Alberta Deaths Index and Find a Grave.
| Date | Fact | Conf. | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1861-04-18 | religion · baptised 18 Apr 1861 at Sankt Agatha (Catholic), Epe, Westphalia (Epe, Westfalen, Prussia) 'Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898', per the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1869-07-01 | religion · a second baptism entry the tree attaches: 1 Jul 1869, Sankt Agatha, Epe (Epe, Westfalen, Prussia) Cannot be his if he was baptised in 1861; probably another child's entry (a later brother or a namesake). Recorded as a flag only. | 10 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1883 | emigration · arrival in the United States, 1883 Tree 'Arrival' event citing the 1900 census. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1886-1893 | residence · Idaho County, Idaho (Idaho County newspaper tax lists) (Idaho County, Idaho) The tree cites 'Idaho County, Idaho Newspaper Tax Lists, 1886-93'. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1889-05-21 | marriage · married Mary Weigert in Nez Perce County, Idaho (Nez Perce County, Idaho) The tree cites 'Idaho, Select Marriages' and the 1900 census. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1891-07-16 | event · 'Gash from Axe in forehead' (tree's label; Lewiston Daily Teller, 16 Jul 1891, p. 1) (Lewiston, Idaho) Label only; the item is not filed. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1892-10-14 | event · 'Cottonwood Ball Ben Gerding new reader' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 14 Oct 1892, p. 1) (Cottonwood, Idaho) Label only. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1893-12-01 | event · 'Ben Gerding almost killed man' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 1 Dec 1893, p. 4) (Idaho County, Idaho) Label only; it does not say who was hurt or how. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1894 | event · hunting trips: 'Ben on another hunting trip. sad havoc for game' (23 Feb 1894) and 'returned from hunting trip' (2 Mar 1894) (tree's labels; Idaho County Free Press) (Idaho County, Idaho) Labels only. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1895 | occupation · saloon keeper at Cottonwood: 'liquor bond approved' (1 Feb 1895); 'Gerding owns only bar in Cottonwood (for now)' (22 Mar 1895) (tree's labels; Idaho County Free Press) (Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho) Two cited items agree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1895-06-07 | event · 'building more business including a restaurant' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 7 Jun 1895) (Cottonwood, Idaho) Label only. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1896-06-05 | office · 'Ben Gerding on Idaho Country [County] Dem Comm. 1896' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 5 Jun 1896) (Idaho County, Idaho) The tree's label and note; a Democratic county committee member. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1896-09-25 | event · 'Ben Gerding of Cottonwood to nominate William Jennings Bryant [sic] for Dem-Silver platform' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 25 Sep 1896) (Idaho County, Idaho) Label only; what role he had in the nomination is not clear from it. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1896-11-27 | event · 'wants to build a road' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 27 Nov 1896) (Idaho County, Idaho) Label only. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1897-05-14 | event · 'new bar owner moved in to Ben's old bldg' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 14 May 1897) (Cottonwood, Idaho) He had left his Cottonwood bar building by May 1897. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1900 | residence · Ferdinand, Idaho County, Idaho; head of household, married (Ferdinand, Idaho) 1900 census, per the tree's note. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1900-04-27 | office · '1900 Ben Gerding Dem County Comm' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 27 Apr 1900) (Idaho County, Idaho) The tree's label. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1902-01-31 | residence · Cottonwood, Idaho (Camas Prairie Chronicle, 31 Jan 1902, by the tree's index citation) (Cottonwood, Idaho) Newspapers.com stories-and-events index, per the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1906-11-29 | occupation · 'Bernard Gerding liquor license granted 1907 in Ferdinand ID' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 29 Nov 1906) (Ferdinand, Idaho) The tree's label. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1907-04-18 | event · 'Gerding leaves for 5 month Europe trip, April 1907' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 18 Apr 1907, p. 4) (Idaho County, Idaho) The tree's label. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1907-06-17 | event · arrived at New York from Cuxhaven, 17 Jun 1907 (passenger list, per the tree) (New York, New York) Two months after leaving on a trip reported as five months: either he came back early or the list is another Bernard Gerding. The tree uses the list for his birth date, which suggests the age fits. | 50 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-03-05 | occupation · 'Ben Gerding leases Arlington Bar and rents rooms for 25 and 50 cents' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 5 Mar 1908, p. 2) The tree's label; the town is not given in it. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-03-05 | event · 'Closing of saloons in Stuenberg [Steunenberg] and Ferdinand on reservation, March 1908' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 5 Mar 1908, p. 4) (Ferdinand, Idaho) Context the tree attaches to him; it explains his move from Ferdinand to Grangeville that spring. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-04-23 | event · 'Ben Gerding and AA Schueller drove to Grangeville Tuesday' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 23 Apr 1908) (Grangeville, Idaho) The tree's label. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-04-30 | residence · 'Ben Gerding moves family to Grangeville' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 30 Apr 1908) (Grangeville, Idaho) The tree's label and note. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-05-28 | event · his hotel building at Steunenberg destroyed by fire: 'Gerding hotel destroyed - little insurance' (Idaho County Free Press, 28 May 1908); 'Gerding Building Burns in Fire at Steunenberg', '$7,000 in damages' (Spokane Chronicle, 29 May 1908) (tree's labels and note) (Steunenberg, Idaho County, Idaho) Two cited reports agree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-06 | occupation · hotel keeper: 'takes charge of Hotel Revere - a "modern hostelry in every respect."' (Grangeville Globe, 10 Jun 1908); 'leases the new Revere Hotel in Grengeville [sic]. Formerly he conducted the hotel in Ferdinand and is a "first class hotel man."' (Idaho County Free Press, 18 Jun 1908) (tree's labels and note) (Grangeville, Idaho) Two cited reports agree; a 27-room hotel per the tree's label. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1908-09-10 | event · death of his son Maximillian: 'Bereavment in 1908 by the Gerdings' (tree's label; Idaho County Free Press, 10 Sep 1908) (Grangeville, Idaho) The tree's label and event title. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1909 | emigration · moved to Canada, 1909 (Alberta, Canada) Tree 'Arrival' event citing the 1921 Canadian census (year of immigration). | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1909 | residence · Pandora, Alberta (homestead) (Pandora, Alberta, Canada) The tree cites the Alberta homestead records. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1911 | residence · Medicine Hat district, Alberta; head of household, married; Roman Catholic (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) 1911 Census of Canada, per the tree's note. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1912 | naturalization · became a Canadian citizen, 1912 (tree note: 'Bernard Gerding and family become Canadian citizens') (Alberta, Canada) The 1916 Canadian census gives the year, per the tree; the note itself is uncited. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1916 | residence · Bulyea, Bow River district, Alberta; head of household, married (Bulyea, Alberta, Canada) 1916 census of the Prairie Provinces, per the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1921-06-01 | residence · Bulyea and Berry Creek Municipality, Bow River, Alberta; head of household, married (Bulyea, Alberta, Canada) 1921 Census of Canada, per the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| 1927 | burial · Bassano, Alberta (Bassano, Alberta, Canada) Find a Grave index, per the tree. | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| — | name · known as 'Ben' Gerding in the Idaho press; the tree styles him 'Bernard Herwing Gerding', 'Herwing' being his father's surname 'Ben' is in the tree's newspaper labels throughout. His bearing his mother's surname fits the Münsterland custom by which a man who married the heiress of a farm took the farm's name (analyst's inference). | 75 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
| — | event · the tree's undated local-history note 'Fire Destroys Hotel in Ferdinand' ('Rival Town—Steunenberg') (Ferdinand, Idaho) Uncited and undated; it places a hotel fire at Ferdinand where the 1908 reports place his at Steunenberg. | 25 | 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com) |
Relationships
Family (blood)
- child of Johann Heinrich /Herwing/75Tree family; the baptism index the tree cites for Bernard is attached to both parents' names, consistent with an 1861 baptism entry naming them; their 1854 marriage precedes it. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- child of Gertrud Mary /Gerding/75As for his father; he bears her surname (see the name fact). · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
- parent of Mary Josephine /Gerding/75Tree: Mary Josephine is 'Daughter' in his household in the 1900 census at Ferdinand; born April 1890, eleven months after the marriage. · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Marriage
- married to Mary Weigert /Gerding/75Tree marriage of 21 May 1889, Nez Perce County, Idaho ('Idaho, Select Marriages'; 1900 census); she is his wife in the 1900, 1911, 1916 and 1921 censuses and outlived him (d. 1940). · 2026-05-27 — Luke Murphy family tree (Ancestry.com)
Nexus
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Appears with
- Patrick "Pat" J. Murphy (Cork-born bartender / shoemaker; d. 1912 Warm Springs MT)1 shared source
- Ellen (Lyne) Murphy (b. Ardgroom; m. Patrick Murphy 1881; d. Butte 1935)1 shared source
- Myles Lyne (c. 1791–1872; Ardgroom farmer; second husband of Margaret Shea; Ellen Lyne Murphy's stepfather, named as her father in 1881)1 shared source
- James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)1 shared source
- Agnes Kelly Murphy1 shared source
- Mary (Chatham) Kelly1 shared source
- John /Kelly/1 shared source
- John A. /Chatham/1 shared source
- Catherine /Ryan/1 shared source
- Catherine /Chatham/1 shared source
- Christopher /Chatham/1 shared source
- James J. Murphy Jr. (b. 20 Mar 1914 Butte MT; d. 1972; user's paternal grandfather)1 shared source
- Marie A. Schueller Murphy (b. 31 Aug 1916 Ferdinand ID; d. 11 Apr 2012 La Mesa CA age 95; "Marie by the Sea"; user's paternal grandmother)1 shared source
- Michelle Murphy1 shared source
- Marty Murphy1 shared source
- …and 9 more people with shared sources.
Sources linking to this person
≥75 — High confidence — 1
- 1967 — Murphy family papersMurphy Family Tree, 1967: 'Patrick Murphy, Balykrewan, County Cork, Ireland'; Ellen Lyne (1859-1935)role: gerding_grandfather · identity 90 family confidence on this source: 95 · as printed: Ben Gerding
Identity: Mary J. W. Gerding's father on the chart: the record's Bernard Herwing Gerding, father of Mary Josephine (Ben = Bernard).