1900 Census shows John Bernthal 46, Katherine 39, Eleneor 14, Adolph 13, Hulda 11, Oswald 9, Herbert 7, Clara 4, Eugene 2, and Bador Schleier 26 (S in Law), living in Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI. John is a carpenter, Herbert is a salesman at a general store..

1910 Census shows John Bernthal 56, Katherine 49, Adolph 23, Hulda 21, Oswald 19, Herbert 17, Clara 14, Eugene 12, Lillian 9, living in Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI. John is a carpenter. Adolph is a watchmaker, Oswald is a house painter

1917 Draft Registration shows Herbert C. C. Bernthal 24 living in Millington, Tuscola, MI. He is married. He is a jeweler working for himself. Description: medium height, slender, brown eyes, brown hair. He lists wife and family as deferment.

1920 Census shows Herbert C. Bernthal 27, Laura 23, Gladis 2 2/12's, Norbert 9/12's, living in Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI. He is a jeweler at the home they own.

1930 Census shows Herbert C. Bernthal 37, Laura 33, Gladis 12, Norbert 11, Donald 6, Marilyn 4, living in Frankenmuth, Saginaw, MI. He is a jeweler at a jewelry store. They own a home worth $3,500.

1940 Census: Herbert O Bernthel 47, Laura J Bernthel 43, Norbert G Bernthel 21, Donald H Bernthel 16,
Marilyn Bernthel 13. Home in 1940: Frankenmuth, Saginaw, Michigan. All born MI. Education: Herb H-1, Laura 8th gr., Norbert H-4. Herbert was a jewler, Norbert was a laborer.

Obituary: SAGINAW NEWS Friday, June 6, 1952 (4, 28)
Name: BERNTHAL, HERBERT C.
Spouse's Name: LAURA HEINE
Married: 11/30/1916
Age: 59
Date of Birth: Thursday, December 8, 1892
Place of Birth: FRANKENMUTH, MI
Date of Death: Thursday, June 5, 1952
Place of Death: SAGINAW CO., MI
Miscellaneous
Cemetery: ST. LORENZ
Misc: ACCIDENTLY DROWNED IN CASS RIVER
Church: ST. LORENZ
Funeral Home: NUECHTERLEIN-WENDT
Member of the Lutheran Fraternities of America.
Occupation: jewelry business for forty years in Frankenmuth.


Frankenmuth News June,12,1952
Jeweler Is Victim Of Cass
Herbert Karl Bernthal
A community still shocked by the news of his sudden death paid last tribute Sunday to Herbert C. Bernthal who was a victim of drowning in the Cass River Thursday. Mr Bernthal's body was recovered from the river in back of his home several hours after he was last seen by his wife. Indications are that he may have Suffered a heart attack and fallen into the river while walking along its bank. His face was flushed, his hands clasped to his chest, his mouth and eyes were closed and his glasses were still in place, all leading to the belief that death struck before his body fell into the water. (Mrs Bernthal last saw her husband just after noon Thursday. She believed he was in his jewelry store until persistent ringing of the telephone caused her to look into the store which connects with their living quarters. She discovered his absence and immediately a casual search began
which grew more serious as the hours passed. Shortly after 4 pm, Police Chief Nick Resinor and sheriffs deputies began dragging the river. They were joined by Htlbert Geyer and Clinton Grainger and the body was found in about 12 feet of water around 5 pm.
Mr Bernthal was born in Frankenmuth Dec. 8, 1892, and had spent his entire life here. He had been in the jewelry business 40 years. He was a member or St. Lorenz Church and the Lutheran Fraternities of America.
On Nov. 30, 1916, in Frankenmuth, he married Miss Laura Heine whom he leaves with two sons and two daughters:' Norbert Bernthal, Dr. Donald Bernthal of Bad Axe, Mrs Paul Christman of Ann Arbor, Mrs Clayton Dey of Saginaw; nine grandchildren. He also leaves three brothers and four sisters, Dr. Adolph Bernthal of Richville; Oswald, Frankenmuth; Eugene, Birch Run; Mrs Alfred Schumaker, and Mrs Ralph Stroebel, both of Saginaw; the Misses Hulda and Lillian Bernthal.
Funeral services were conducted at the Nuechterlein-Wendt Funeral Chapel and at St. Lorenz Church with burial in St. Lorenz cemetery.