Marie Berg

  General Notes:

1. 1900 US Census, Ashland, WI

- indicates the mother of 12 children, five living

2. Ancestry.com Public Member Tree 'Murphy of Wisc. Family Tree' owner stacie6074; search for George Nelson, born 1847, Norway

- lists eleven children


3. From Wheatlands.......

homestead

  Research Notes:

+++ Marie is a sister to Martin Anton Olsen Berg

marriage: 14 Oct 1874, Dunn Co, WI: Marie Oleson Bergh .... a likely link to Jorgen Nilson ....
- above from : Wisconsin pre 1917 marriage records: Wisconsin Historical Society
https://wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Marriage/MR1914716

Also: Family Search ... https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR5W-GCC
- a bit more detail: her parents: Ole Olson Bergh and Johanna Johnson;
- his parents, Nils Johnson and Berit Olson

--- marriage notes research 2 Jul 2024 - but George's parents name conflicts with the family trees - see text notes on John Nelson
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1. Holly Tomren data

- indicates she received two emails (1) email from Doug Gill ; (2) email from Marlee Rennie +++ see obit of Minnie E Nelson (wife of Guy Nelson)

3. Murphy of Wisc FT [stacie6074]; last access, 5 Jul 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/31049846/person/12357993755/facts
- link is to Marie [FT names her Mavis]
- lists 11 eleven children, with dates of birth/death


Rasmusssen/Angam FT [Vicki Rasmussen]; access 2 Jul 2024
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/12092873/person/-336748800/facts
- link to Marie Berg, ....
- husband: Joergen (George) E Nelson, 1847-1906 [in Norwegian the likely spelling would be Jørgen]
- link to 1880 US Census

1880 US Census, Tainter Twp, Dunn Co, WI; ED 146; page 19
[image 8 on Ancestry]; dw/fam 139/139, line 15

George Nelson, age 38 b in Norway [b 1842] ; lumber yard [his actual birth 14 Jan 1847]*
wife Mary, age 23 b in Nor
son Ole, age 4 b in WI
son Johns [but actually, Julius] age 3 b in WI
son Arthur, age 1 b in WI
brother John age 26 [1854] b in Nor, single, working in sawmill [this should be son Johannes, with actual birth, 5 Dec 1854]*
brother Niels, age 23 [1857] b in Nor, single, working in sawmill
[ Niels' age might be age 28, since the it seems that the numerator had written one number for the second digit and then maybe a second number over top .. if age 28, then birth would be 1852, but the birth year 1852 fits for Bertin or Bertram
*
from Norway Parish register, Leksvik parish, Nord-Trøndelag ...

4. 1900 US Census, Ashland ward 1; ED 0001; sheet 18B image 2 of 26; dw/fam 279/358

George Nelson, b Jan 1857 in Nor, age 55 ; married 26 years [1874]; em 1868, Janitor
wife, Mary Nelson [ Mary or Marie Berg], b Nov 1856 in Nor, age 43; em 1869; mother of 12 children, 5 living
son Oden, b July 1875 in WI, age 24; merchant
son Julius, b Nov 1876, age 23; clerk in a store
son Arthur, b Dec 1978, age 21 ; labor at a sawmill
son Guy, b May 1890, age 10
dau Vivian, Jan 1896, age 4
then a servant

++ next residence, dw/fam 279/358 - John Berg, Clara and dau Edith


4. b. 1906 Canada Census (AB, SK, MB), Alberta, sub-dis 23, page 6, fam 67
George Nelson, age 59 b in Nor [1847] ; sec 24, (7 horses, 4 milk cows, 9 other cattle, 8 hogs); em 1903
wife, Mary, age 49, b in Nor
son Guy, age 16 b in US
dau Vivian, age 11, b in US; em 1903

note, fam 66 - Julius Nelson, age 29 b in US, em 1903
fam, 65
Oden Nelson, age 31, b in US, em, 1903
wife Constance, age 27 b in Nor
dau Evelyn, age 4 b in US
dau Mabel, age 2 b in AB

5 Death -

a. Marie's obit ; Claresholm Review [Claresholm, AB] issue 28 Jun 1907, page 1 [newspapers.com]

- she had been in an accident [runaway - horse?] on the 18th, but but recovered and went home
- on Saturday she "was suddenly strucken by heart failure and only lived two hours"
- funeral on Thursday (28 Jun) at the house
- no mention of surviors etc.
- [she was 50 yrs old]


From: https://genealogytrails.com/wis/ashland/obituaries/obitsN.html
Nelson, Mrs. George
Source: Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, St. Louis County, Minn.) Tuesday, 25 June 1907
ASHLAND, June 24. - Mrs. John Nelson who returned from a three months? visit from Claresholm, Alberta, Can., Friday evening received a message from there yesterday saying that her sister, Mrs. George Nelson had died as a result of a runaway accident.
Immediately upon receiving the news, Mrs. Nelson in company with John Berg, a brother of the dead woman, left for Claresholm. The deceased was well known in Ashland, having resided here with her husband for nearly 20 years previous to moving west. They were very unfortunate during the past two years, first losing a son, Arthur, through sickness, then Mr. Nelson was killed by being run over by a heavily loaded wagon.



b. see son Oden's obit


c. George date of death as 11 of June 1906

- note the submissions in Where the Wheatlands meet the Range and Pemican ... are incorrect, as is the note on the Canadian Headstones .... the date of death on the tombstone is clear - 1906



5. Homestead: SW sec 24, Twp 13, Range 26, W4 ^992,993,994

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Ashland, Ashland Co, Wisconsin, United States. ⁹⁹⁵

2. Residence - 1906, 8 Jul 1906, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. ⁹⁹⁶

Marie married George Nelson, son of Nils Johannesen and Johanna Jonasdatter, in 1874.⁹⁸⁷ (George Nelson was born on 14 Jan 1847 in Leksvik, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway,^987,997 died on 11 Jul 1906 in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada ⁹⁷⁰ and was buried at Five Mile Cemetery, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada ⁹⁹⁸.)