Henry Bertling
Wife Clarissa Delesa Taylor Children John Cleveland BERTLING Adrian Taylor BERTLING Dee BERTLING Otto BERTLING Clara Belle BERTLING Agnes BERTLING Osker C. BERTLING Ethel BERTLING Edward BERTLING Olive A. BERTLING Fannie BERTLING Father Hein Bertling Mother Maria Behl Siblings Bertling Scrapbook	Henry Bertling was born on November 28, 1835, Platendorf, Hannover, Germany. He immigrated with his parents when he was 10 years old, arriving in Galveston, Texas on Dec. 9, 1845. He served for the Confederacy in the Civil War and surrendered in North Carolina. He walked home. He married Clara Taylor on July 21, 1867, in Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas. He never learned to read or write, and earned a living as a farmer. He was a Methodist but converted to the Church of Christ before he died. He died on August 8, 1921, in Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas. He was buried August 9, 1921, at Denton Creek, Gonzales, Texas, with his wife and two sons. Read his obituary.
			"I was honorably surrendered at Raleigh, North Carolina, in the year 1865, after Lee's army surrendered."... "I was born in Germany, but don't know the particular locality, as I was small child and my parents died soon after." Source: Texas Confederate Pension Records.
Henry (center) and sons.
From Henry Bertling's Obituary "In September 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Victoria, Texas, joining Co. C. 6th Texas Regiment Vol. Infantry and he remained as a faithful member of the same until the final surrender of the Southern Army under Gen. Joe E. Johnson in North Carolina on April 26, 1865. Our deceased comrade passed through all the stirring vicissitudes of his gallant regiment, was in many battles, was twice wounded, and served a brief period as a prisoner of war at Camp Butler near Springfield, Ill. At the final surrender no transportation was furnished the disbanded Confederate soldiers and they were forced to make their way to their respective homes in the best manner they could. They obtained food from kindly and patriotic Southern people as they marched. Comrade Bertling reached the Denton Creek section about May 29, 1865..."

Hein & Maria Bertling Maria Bertling, Henry's mother, was believed to have died en route to the USA and his father Hein to have died shortly after arriving in New Braunfels. However, Maria Bertling, aged 35 from Hannover died in New Braunfels in 1846. She is buried in the New Braunfels Cemetery. Also buried there is Christian Bertling who is listed among the immigrants with Hein's family. He was 22 years old when he died. He is likely Hein's brother. Most deaths during this time were caused by the cholera epidemic. This information was found at the Comal County GenWeb site. Because of the specific information available about Maria and Christian's ages and place of birth it is likely that Hein was still alive to provide the information. Henry would have been only 11 at the time. Because Hein is not listed among those dead in 1845-46, he probably died in 1847 or later.