She was born in Bolstadoyri. She came to the US at about age 15 and lived with her brother Ole. She married in 1894.

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Bertha Wigdahl
Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths
Name: Bertha Wigdahl
Event Date: 05 May 1921
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1876
Birthplace: Norway
Father's Name: John Edahl
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Name: Anna Knutson
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Occupation: housewife
Residence Place: Chicago, Cook Co., Ill.
Spouse's Name: Edwin K. Wigdahl
Burial Date: 09 May 1921
Cemetery: Mt. Olive
Digital Folder Number: 4205839 , Image Number: 1669 , GS Film number: 1852956 , Reference ID: rn 11645 ,

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Bertha Wigdahl
United States Census, 1920
Name: Bertha Wigdahl
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Chicago Ward 33, Cook (Chicago), Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Can Read: Yes
Can Write: Yes
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1877
Birthplace: Norway
Immigration Year: 1891
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Edryn K Wigdahl Head M 50 Norway
Bertha Wigdahl Wife F 43 Norway
Hattie E Wigdahl Daughter F 21 Illinois
Ellen M Wigdahl Daughter F 17 Illinois
District: 2065 , Sheet Number and Letter: 16B , Line Number: 59 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T625 , GS Film number: 1820352 , Digital Folder Number: 004300503 , Image Number: 00037 ,

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Bertha Wigdahl
United States Census, 1910
Name: Bertha Wigdahl
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1910
Event Place: Chicago Ward 27, Cook, Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Birthplace: Norway
Immigration Year: 1891
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Edwin K Wigdahl Head M 41 Norway
Bertha Wigdahl Wife F 34 Norway
Edward H Wigdahl Son M 14 Illinois
Arthur M Wigdahl Son M 13 Illinois
Hattie E Wigdahl Daughter F 11 Illinois
Ellen M Wigdahl Daughter F 8 Illinois
District: 1203 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5A , Household ID: 85 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 , GS Film number: 1374283 , Digital Folder Number: 004328165 , Image Number: 00974 ,

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Bertha Wigdahl
United States Census, 1900
Name: Bertha Wigdahl
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1900
Event Place: Precinct 19 Jefferson Township Chicago city Ward 27, Cook, Illinois, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Number of Living Children: 3
Years Married: 5
Birth Date: Jan 1877
Birthplace: Norway
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1895
Immigration Year: 1892
Father's Birthplace: Norway
Mother's Birthplace: Norway
Mother of how many children: 3
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Edward F Wigdahl Head M 31 Norway
Bertha Wigdahl Wife F 23 Norway
Edward Wigdahl Son M 5 Illinois
Arthur Wigdahl Son M 3 Illinois
Hattie Wigdahl Daughter F 2 Illinois
District: 838 , Sheet Number and Letter: 5A , Household ID: 86 , Line Number: 43 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T623 , GS Film Number: 1240279 , Digital Folder Number: 004113738 , Image Number: 00135

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Marriage record of Edwin K. Wigdahl and Berthe Edahl
Name: Edwin K. Wigdahl
Age: 25
Birth Year (Estimated): 1869
Birth Date: 1869
Spouse's Name: Berthe Edahl
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1876
Spouse's Birth Date: 1876
License Type: Marriage
Event Date: 09 Jun 1894
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
GS Film number: 1030240 , Digital Folder Number: 4271174 , Image Number: 964 , Reference ID: 218772 ,

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Source:

The Geneology of The Edahl Family by Edward Horace Wigdahl, 1978

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Her son:

Sigurd Elmer Vigdahl
from Illinois Births and Christenings
Name: Sigurd Elmer Vigdahl
Gender: Male
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Apr 1895
Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Father's Name: Edvin Vigdahl
Mother's Name: Bertha Edal Vigdahl
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C00841-4 , System Origin: Illinois-ODM , GS Film number: 1287980 ,

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Children:

1. Edward Horace Wigdahl (1895 - 1976)

2. Arthur Marshall Wigdahl (b. Mar. 16, 1897)

3. Hattie Emily Wigdahl (b. Sep. 22, 1898)

4. Mildred Ellen Wigdahl (b. Mar. 7, 1902) m. Bruce Thomas Jensen (Jan. 21, 1904, Chicago - May 24, 1958 and is buried in family plot in Hempstead, Long Island, Nassua Co., N.Y.). He was the son of Jens Christian Leonhard Jensen and Olufine Pedersen

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