Bertha Leier's Birth Certificate
State of New York - Kings County - Town of Gravesend
Name of child: Bertha Leier
White female, born on February 12, 1890
Place of birth: Greenfield
Name of father: Lerry Leier
Name of mother: Amelia Nowalskie
Birthplace of father: Germany; age: 28; occupation: Farmer
Birthplace of mother: Germany; age: 24
Number of this mother's previous children: Three
How many of them now living: Three *
* Since Bertha is the fourth child born to the couple, after Louisa (1884), William (1886), and Amelia (1889), and all four are alive at this point, then this makes no sense. The information appears to have been entered on the certificate by a Bertha Kunskey. Perhaps she just made a mistake.
