Bertha Galland

Bertha Galland was an American dramatic stage actress remembered for her romantic roles.

She was the daughter of Berthold Galland and the former Anna Miller Hawley. According to her New York Times obituary she was born near WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania, though early travel documents and census records give Bergen, New Jersey or New York City as her birthplace. Berthold Galland was a native of Posen, Prussia who came to America in 1860 where he became a. dry goods merchant and later found success as a manufacturer of fashionable womens lace undergarments. Anna Galland , born in Harford, Pennsylvania, was a talented marine and landscape artist. Annas sister, Effie Julia Hawley, was the wife of Louis Arthur Watres, a onetime Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

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