Montgomery County PA Archives Biographies.....Bertolet, Ezra September 18, 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Patterson jpatter@epix.net March 4, 2026, 10:55 am Source: Biographical Annals of Montgomery County Pennsylvania, T. S. Benham & Company and the Lewis Publishing Company, 1904 Author: Ellwood Roberts, Editor EZRA BERTOLET was born In Frederick township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1827. He was educated there in the public schools, and in a private school in Norristown. On leaving school he engaged in the iron business, with a view to mastering its details, and conducted it in different lines for more than forty years. At the present time he is living a retired life, being interested only in the sand filtering business in Philadelphia. He left Montgomery county on engaging in the iron business, and has since lived in Philadelphia. He resides in Kensington, where he has a pleasant home at No. 1232 Marlborough street. Mr. Bertolet married, March 18, 1856, Miss Elena Knipe, daughter of Conard Knipe, of Philadelphia. They have had the following children: Canard, deceased; Charles E., deceased; William H. and Ira D. In politics Mr. Bertolet is a strong Republican, although he has never held office In religious faith they adhere to the United Evangelical church. He is a man of excellent judgment, and has prospered in all his undertakings. The Bertolet family are one of the oldest in eastern Pennsylvania. Their ancestor was Jean Bertolet, who came to Pennsylvania in 1726, and became the ancestor of a numerous and influential body of descendants. Daniel Bertolet (father) was the youngest son of Samuel and Elizabeth Bertolet, was born April 20, 1796, and died February 20, 1868. He married Catharine Gabel, born 1803, and died in 1887. Their children were: Elizabeth, married Elias Fagley; Esther, married Jacob Bliem; John, married Elizabeth Borneman; Ezra, subject of this sketch; Susanna, married H. B. Nace; Daniel, married Eleanor Dunn; Abraham, married Amanda Moore; Benjamin, married Amelia Heberling; Maria, married Michael Diehl; Samuel, married Mary Barndt, and second wife, Mary Borneman; Abner, married Maggie Davidson. This file has been created by a form at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb