The Cochrane & Allied Families
Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

HERT, Benjamin
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Name HERT, Benjamin [1, 2, 3] Birth 20 Aug 1852 Berne, Bern, Switzerland
[2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male FindaGrave Memorial ID 55922587 Immigration 1854 Tuscarawas County, Ohio, USA
[2] with his parents from Switzerland - The family moved to Moniteau County, Mo in 1866. After his mother died the next year, they moved back to Tuscarawas County, OH. In 1875 he returned to Moniteau County to work with his brother, Fred HERT, in his business making wagons and buggies, and blacksmithing.
Death 15 Jul 1921 California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
[2, 3, 4, 5] Age 68 years Burial 17 Jul 1921 Evangelical Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
[2, 3, 5] Address:
Evangelical Cemetery
California, Missouri
USA- Find A Grave website (http://www.findagrave.com/): Memorial #55922587.
Person ID I4837 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 15 Aug 2025
Father HERT, Benedict, b. 1819, Switzerland
d. Abt 1889 (Age 70 years) Mother STOLL, Anna Marie, b. 1810, Switzerland
d. 1868, Moniteau County, Missouri, USA
(Age 58 years) Family ID F2171 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MESSERLY, Emma Elizabeth, b. 21 Mar 1859, New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, USA
d. 28 Mar 1943, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
(Age 84 years) Marriage 18 Jun 1884 Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA
[1, 2, 3, 6] Age at Marriage He : 31 years and 10 months - She : 25 years and 3 months. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Family ID F1926 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Aug 2019
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Sources - [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 6; Directory, p 5.
- [S1203] J. E. Ford, Book - Moniteau County, MO History (Ancestry), (California, Missouri: Marvin H. Crawford, 1936.), 15 Jul 2019, p 420-424.
- [S827] Missouri State Archives, Death Certificate - MO - Online Image (MO Digital Heritage), ((http://www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/ : 2007-2014)), 13 Aug 2019, accessed 13 August 2019), Benjamin Hert, 15 July 1921, #18225.

Death Cert - Benjamin Hert - [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Directory, p 5.
- [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 25 May 2018, accessed 25 May 2018<, Benjamin Hert, Memorial #55922587.
- [S685] Missouri., Marriage Records - MO - 1805-2002 (Ancestry), (Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 : 2007.), 20 May 2018, 221, Hert-Messerly, 18 June 1884, accessed 20 May 2018.
Marriage License from Moniteau County, MO. Wedding took place in Pettis County, MO.
- [S631] Ella E., Clara E. and Lawrence B. Hert, Research Report - Messerly, Eberhardt and Hert Families, 9 Jun 2015, p. Tree, p 6; Directory, p 5.

