Name: Augusta Berg
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: 1873
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: daughter
Home in 1880: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 4th Avenue East
Marital status: single
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: Norway
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Ida (age 7), Olaf (4), Adolph (1), and Nellie (Agnes) (2/12)
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: Olyne A Berg
Age at last birthday: 26
Date of birth: Mar 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1900: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: bookkeeper
Months not employed: 0
Siblings living at home: Ida M (age 27), Agnes (20), Stella L (18), Laura F (13), Nina (11), Sidney A (6), and Marvin R (3)
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: Augusta O Berg
Age in 1910: 35
Estimated birth year: 1875
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of family: daughter
Home in 1910: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: stenographer
Type of industry: illegible
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0
Siblings living at home: Sidney A (age 17) and Marvin R (13)
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: Olyne A Berg
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: 1875
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
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
Occupation: bookkeeper
Type of industry: wholesale house
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: Stella L Widner (age 37), Nina F (30), and Marvin R (22)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 219
Date: 3 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Olyne A Berg
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister
Living with: Sidney A Berg, age 36
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: Norway
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1127; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 45.0
Date: 7 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Olyne Berg
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister-in-law
Living with: Sigurd and Agnes Rhode, ages 60 and 59
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: practical nurse
Industry: private home
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 1
Amount of money wages or salary: $5
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: no
Assigned to emergency work: no
Seeking work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 26
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Olyne Berg
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister
Living with: Nina Roberts age 61
Home in 1950: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 127 West Mankato
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: unable to work
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Date: 28 Apr 1950
She was a charter member of the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in Duluth. She worked for her father in his grocery store and for a number of Duluth firms as a stenographer, clerk and bookkeeper. In March 1920 her mother Grethe died. About this time she quit working for others and became the housekeeper for her brother Marvin, and for her sister Stella and her two daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth (Betty). She never married. Her nieces and nephews knew her as "Aunt Gussie." She was a sweet, kindly person. In her later years she suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. She died in 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at a care home, aged 93.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated Tuesday 1 Aug 1967:
Miss Olyne A. Berg, 93, died Sunday in a Minneapolis nursing home. She was born in Duluth and had resided here all her life. She was the last surviving charter member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Sigurd A. (Agnes) Rhode, Mrs. Stella Widner and Mrs. Nina B. Roberts, all of Duluth; and Mrs. L. E. (Laura) Lambert, Virginia. Funeral services and interment will be in Duluth.
Name: Augusta Berg
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: 1873
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head-of-household: daughter
Home in 1880: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 4th Avenue East
Marital status: single
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: Norway
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Ida (age 7), Olaf (4), Adolph (1), and Nellie (Agnes) (2/12)
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: Olyne A Berg
Age at last birthday: 26
Date of birth: Mar 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head-of-house: daughter
Home in 1900: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
Able to read, write and speak English: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: bookkeeper
Months not employed: 0
Siblings living at home: Ida M (age 27), Agnes (20), Stella L (18), Laura F (13), Nina (11), Sidney A (6), and Marvin R (3)
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: Augusta O Berg
Age in 1910: 35
Estimated birth year: 1875
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of family: daughter
Home in 1910: Duluth Ward 7, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
Able to speak English: yes
Able to read and write: yes
Father's birthplace: Norway
Mother's birthplace: Norway
Occupation: stenographer
Type of industry: illegible
Salary or wage worker: wages
Whether out of work on April 15, 1910: no
Number of weeks out of work in 1909: 0
Siblings living at home: Sidney A (age 17) and Marvin R (13)
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: Olyne A Berg
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: 1875
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relationship to head of house: daughter
Home in 1920: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue West
Marital status: single
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
Occupation: bookkeeper
Type of industry: wholesale house
Salary or wage worker: wages
Siblings living at home: Stella L Widner (age 37), Nina F (30), and Marvin R (22)
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T625_859; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 125; Image: 219
Date: 3 Jan 1920
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Olyne A Berg
Age: 56
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister
Living with: Sidney A Berg, age 36
Home in 1930: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 317 22nd Avenue
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Fathers' birthplace: Norway
Mothers' birthplace: Norway
Occupation: none
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: 1127; Page: ; Enumeration District: 66; Image: 45.0
Date: 7 Apr 1930
Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Olyne Berg
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister-in-law
Living with: Sigurd and Agnes Rhode, ages 60 and 59
Home in 1940: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 2109 East Second Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: 8
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: practical nurse
Industry: private home
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 1
Amount of money wages or salary: $5
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: no
Assigned to emergency work: no
Seeking work: yes
Duration of unemployment: 26
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota; Roll: T627_1972; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 88-35
Date: 5 Apr 1940
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Olyne Berg
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: 1874
Birthplace: Minnesota
Race: white
Sex: female
Relation to head-of-house: sister
Living with: Nina Roberts age 61
Home in 1950: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Address: 127 West Mankato
Marital status: single
Living on farm: no
Occupation: unable to work
Census place: Duluth, Saint Louis, Minnesota
Date: 28 Apr 1950
She was a charter member of the first Seventh Day Adventist Church in Duluth. She worked for her father in his grocery store and for a number of Duluth firms as a stenographer, clerk and bookkeeper. In March 1920 her mother Grethe died. About this time she quit working for others and became the housekeeper for her brother Marvin, and for her sister Stella and her two daughters, Virginia and Elizabeth (Betty). She never married. Her nieces and nephews knew her as "Aunt Gussie." She was a sweet, kindly person. In her later years she suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. She died in 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at a care home, aged 93.
Obituary from the "News-Tribune" of Duluth, Minnesota dated Tuesday 1 Aug 1967:
Miss Olyne A. Berg, 93, died Sunday in a Minneapolis nursing home. She was born in Duluth and had resided here all her life. She was the last surviving charter member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. Sigurd A. (Agnes) Rhode, Mrs. Stella Widner and Mrs. Nina B. Roberts, all of Duluth; and Mrs. L. E. (Laura) Lambert, Virginia. Funeral services and interment will be in Duluth.
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Oline A. Berg
1874 - 1967
Family Members
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Ida Amelia Berg Newark
1872–1950
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Olaf Gotfred Berg
1876–1895
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Adolf Gerhard Berg
1878–1884
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Agnes Berg Rhode
1880–1968
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Stella Louise Berg Widner
1882–1971
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Linda Adela Berg
1884–1899
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Laura F Berg Lambert
1886–1972
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Nina Frances Berg Roberts
1889–1972
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Sidney Alton Berg
1893–1966
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Marvin Rayner Berg
1897–1958
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