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Grethe Olyne <I>Haaden</I> Berg

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Grethe Olyne Haaden Berg

Birth
Trondheim, Trondheim kommune, Sør-Trøndelag fylke, Norway
Death
7 Mar 1920 (aged 67)
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
Plot
block 4, lot 1
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Extract from the 1865 Norway Census:
Name: Grethe Oline Haade
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1852
Birth place: Levanger
Gender: kvinnelig (female)
Relation to head: datter (daughter)
Marital status: ugift (single)
Residence place: Levanger, Nord-Trøndelag
Address: 23a Kirkegaden
County number: 17
Counting district: Kirkegaden
Counting number district: 0095
Enumeration district number: 000
House number: 01
Date: 31 Dec 1865
Household members:
Ole Olsen Haaden - huusfader (head) age 44 b. Skogen; occupation: tømmermann (carpenter)
Ane Johanna Pedersdatter - hustru (wife) age 37 b. Levanger
Anna Haaden - datter (daughter) age 16 b. Levanger
Grethe Oline Haaden - datter (daughter) age 13 b. Levanger
Antonete Ovedie Haaden - datter (daughter) age 7 b. Levanger
Magdeline Pauline Haaden - datter (daughter) age 2 b. Levanger
Serine Zakamine Johnsdatter - logerende (lodger) age 27 b. Skogen

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Gerty Haaden
Age in 1870: 17
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1870: Duluth Ward 1, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Post office: Duluth
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Siblings living at home: Antonette [sic] (age 10), Paulina (5), and Fred (1)
Census place: Duluth Ward 1, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: M593_716; Page: 323; Image: 651
Date: 31 Jul 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Grethe Berg
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: wife
Home in 1880: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 4th Avenue East
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: keeping house
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T9_632; Family History Film: 1254632; Page: 511.3000; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 0674
Date: 18 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Gertrude O Berg
Age at last birthday: 47
Date of birth: Jan 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1900: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 30
Number of children: 12
Number of children living: 8
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Year of immigration: 1867
Number of years in the United States: 32
Naturalization: not listed
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T623 790; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 284
Date: 6 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Greta O Berg
Age in 1910: 57
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of family: wife
Home in 1910: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: married
Number of years of present marriage: 39
Number of children: 12
Number of children now living: 8
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Year of immigration: 1867
Whether naturalized or alien: not listed
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T624_725; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 668
Date: 28 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Greta O Berg
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Native tongue: Norwegian
Race: white
Sex: female
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: widow
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Mother's native tongue: Norwegian
Year of immigration: 1870
Naturalized or alien: naturalized in 1878
Home owned or rented: owned; no mortgage
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 219
Date: 3 Jan 1920

Obituary probably from the "Herald" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 6 Mar 1920:
Dies After Residence of Half Century Here
Mrs. Grethe O. Berg, aged 67, widow of the late O. A. Berg, a resident of Duluth for a half century, died yesterday at her home, 317 Twenty-second avenue west, following an illness of two years. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Seventh Day Adventist church on Tenth avenue east. Pastor Fred Wright of Superior will officiate.
Mrs. Berg leaves six daughters and two sons. They are Mrs. W. E. Newark of Charlotte, Mich.; Mrs. L. E. Lambert of Eveleth, Minn.; Mrs. S. A. Rhode, Mrs. Stella Widner, Misses Olyne A. Berg and Miss Nina F. Berg, and Sidney A., and Marvin R. Berg, all of Duluth.

Grethe Haaden met her future husband Ole Alt Berg in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. In 1870 at age 17 she moved to Duluth, Minnesota to be married, traveling via train to Staples, then by stagecoach from Staples to Duluth. They were married by Rev. Gilfillan, an Episcopal minister. She gave birth to 12 children, one of whom died in infancy (Gertrude), and three as children (Linda, Adolph and Olaf). Eight survived to adulthood.

Children:
(1) Ida Amelia Berg
(2) Olyne Augusta Berg ("Gussie")
(3) Olaf Gotfred Berg
(4) Adolph Gerhart Berg
(5) Agnes Berg
(6) Stella Louise Berg
(7) Linda Aleda Berg
(8) Laura F Berg
(9) Nina Frances Berg
(10) Gertrude Berg
(11) Sidney Alton Berg
(12) Marvin Rayner Berg.
Extract from the 1865 Norway Census:
Name: Grethe Oline Haade
Age: 13
Estimated birth year: 1852
Birth place: Levanger
Gender: kvinnelig (female)
Relation to head: datter (daughter)
Marital status: ugift (single)
Residence place: Levanger, Nord-Trøndelag
Address: 23a Kirkegaden
County number: 17
Counting district: Kirkegaden
Counting number district: 0095
Enumeration district number: 000
House number: 01
Date: 31 Dec 1865
Household members:
Ole Olsen Haaden - huusfader (head) age 44 b. Skogen; occupation: tømmermann (carpenter)
Ane Johanna Pedersdatter - hustru (wife) age 37 b. Levanger
Anna Haaden - datter (daughter) age 16 b. Levanger
Grethe Oline Haaden - datter (daughter) age 13 b. Levanger
Antonete Ovedie Haaden - datter (daughter) age 7 b. Levanger
Magdeline Pauline Haaden - datter (daughter) age 2 b. Levanger
Serine Zakamine Johnsdatter - logerende (lodger) age 27 b. Skogen

Extract from the 1870 Census:
Name: Gerty Haaden
Age in 1870: 17
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1870: Duluth Ward 1, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Post office: Duluth
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Siblings living at home: Antonette [sic] (age 10), Paulina (5), and Fred (1)
Census place: Duluth Ward 1, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: M593_716; Page: 323; Image: 651
Date: 31 Jul 1870

Extract from the 1880 Census:
Name: Grethe Berg
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: wife
Home in 1880: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 4th Avenue East
Marital status: married
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: keeping house
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T9_632; Family History Film: 1254632; Page: 511.3000; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 0674
Date: 18 Jun 1880

Extract from the 1900 Census:
Name: Gertrude O Berg
Age at last birthday: 47
Date of birth: Jan 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-house: wife
Home in 1900: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: married
Number of years of marriage: 30
Number of children: 12
Number of children living: 8
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Year of immigration: 1867
Number of years in the United States: 32
Naturalization: not listed
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T623 790; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 284
Date: 6 Jun 1900

Extract from the 1910 Census:
Name: Greta O Berg
Age in 1910: 57
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of family: wife
Home in 1910: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: married
Number of years of present marriage: 39
Number of children: 12
Number of children now living: 8
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Year of immigration: 1867
Whether naturalized or alien: not listed
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T624_725; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 184; Image: 668
Date: 28 Apr 1910

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Greta O Berg
Age: 67
Estimated birth year: 1853
Birthplace: Norway
Native tongue: Norwegian
Race: white
Sex: female
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: widow
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Father's native tongue: Norwegian
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Mother's native tongue: Norwegian
Year of immigration: 1870
Naturalized or alien: naturalized in 1878
Home owned or rented: owned; no mortgage
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 219
Date: 3 Jan 1920

Obituary probably from the "Herald" of Duluth, Minnesota dated 6 Mar 1920:
Dies After Residence of Half Century Here
Mrs. Grethe O. Berg, aged 67, widow of the late O. A. Berg, a resident of Duluth for a half century, died yesterday at her home, 317 Twenty-second avenue west, following an illness of two years. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Seventh Day Adventist church on Tenth avenue east. Pastor Fred Wright of Superior will officiate.
Mrs. Berg leaves six daughters and two sons. They are Mrs. W. E. Newark of Charlotte, Mich.; Mrs. L. E. Lambert of Eveleth, Minn.; Mrs. S. A. Rhode, Mrs. Stella Widner, Misses Olyne A. Berg and Miss Nina F. Berg, and Sidney A., and Marvin R. Berg, all of Duluth.

Grethe Haaden met her future husband Ole Alt Berg in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. In 1870 at age 17 she moved to Duluth, Minnesota to be married, traveling via train to Staples, then by stagecoach from Staples to Duluth. They were married by Rev. Gilfillan, an Episcopal minister. She gave birth to 12 children, one of whom died in infancy (Gertrude), and three as children (Linda, Adolph and Olaf). Eight survived to adulthood.

Children:
(1) Ida Amelia Berg
(2) Olyne Augusta Berg ("Gussie")
(3) Olaf Gotfred Berg
(4) Adolph Gerhart Berg
(5) Agnes Berg
(6) Stella Louise Berg
(7) Linda Aleda Berg
(8) Laura F Berg
(9) Nina Frances Berg
(10) Gertrude Berg
(11) Sidney Alton Berg
(12) Marvin Rayner Berg.

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