Kauai-Honolulu County HI Archives Obituaries.....Bertelman, Susan C. (Litcomb) September 2, 1915
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The Garden Island, Lihue, Kauai, Tues., Sept. 7, 1915
BERTELMAN,  SUSAN C. nee LITCOMB
OBITUARY.  Mrs. Susan C. Bertelman died at her home, 1513 Leilani Street, Kalihi, 
Honolulu, at 25 minutes after 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon, following a short 
illness. Mrs. Bertelman, who was the widow of Christian H. Bertelman, was born in 
Kauai 74 years ago. She was a daughter of Charles Litcomb, known in Hawaiian 
history as the man who introduced the mulberry tree into the Islands and who 
raised the first silk worms, his "silk" plantation being established at Hanalei, 
Kauai. Litcomb threw up the industry when the Hawaiian authorities passed one of 
the famous blue laws, he claimed, to injure his business. This particular blue law 
prohibited the picking of the leaves of the mulberry trees on Sundays. Since the 
silk worms had to be fed on entirely fresh leaves, Sunday was a day of starvation 
for them. Litcomb was also the first jeweler brought to the Islands, coming here 
at the request of Kamehameha IV who wanted special royal jewelry designed on the 
ground under his personal observation. Eight children mourn the death of their 
mother, three others being dead. The children living are Mrs. Charles H. Baker, 
Mrs. Joseph K. Cockett, Mrs. Angeline Hogan, Mrs. Beatrice Ross, Mrs. Hattie 
Bannister, and Frank, Henry, and Christian S. Bertelman. Three sisters and two 
brothers survive the deceased. These are Mrs. James H. Fiddes of Kaimuki; Mrs. 
Weber, wife of Manager F. Weber of the Lihue Plantation Company, Kauai; and Mrs. 
August Dreier (widow); and George and Jules Litcomb. 

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