Ole Iver Jonsen Berg

  Research Notes:

NOTE: Manuscript, that I received from Nancy Henning and her son, Martin; 18 Jan 2018

"Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg, Pioneers. An Account of Covered Wagon Days"
by Mathilde Berg Grevstad*;
Translated by Agnes Grevstad Lee; Compiled by Erling C Grevstad, 1975


* the exact date of the original manuscript is uncertain. On page 1, it is noted that
Mathilde wrote this when she was in her 80's, so the earliest date would be 1943
or 1944 (but likely after 1945). See "story" section




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See my document .... Family travels from Quebec to Minnosota [written in Aug 2023];
my PC .... Grue Family Tree

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* I have a few notes, re; Ole Iver Berg, but more on his brother, Ole Jonsen Berg (born 1829) in maroon binder at the back, sec 9
There is one Familysearch tree, but not much information. There are a number of Public and Private Trees on Ancestry.com.
There were trees on roots web (but is down until the end of Jan). [ 19 Jan 2018 ]

see email from Ozzie Sollien 3 Aug 2018 for photo of Ole Iver Berg


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1. Os Bygebok, p 58 [ PDF from UND, John S Grue and Bergs, p8 ]

- Ole Iver born 1832 left in 1856 to Gran, married in Nannestad, left for America
- he also had a son, Johan born 1857; Johan's mother was Marit Halldorsdatter Nordgardsåkeren. Se Åkeren 132

- Gran, Oppland Co, Norway - about 65 kms north and a bit west of Olso (abt 35 kms west of Nannestad and Nannestad is about 100 kms south-west from Stange))
- Nannestad, Akershus Co, Norway - about 60 kms north and a bit east of Olso


b. Tolga moving-out records (Ministerialbok no 6, page 333 image 322, no 10), leaving 10 Jun 1856
- Ole Iver Johnsen Berg (born 1832); there are some comments on the far right side, but it is hard to make it out ... to Grans Pres ...on Haldaad [??] .... Pres..gard ....

c. Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg, Pioneers..... manuscript

- Ole Iver Berg had learned wood and metal from his father. He also had attended an agricultural school in Jønsberg where he had also learned vetarinarian skills [Jønsberg Agriculture School was established in 1847 at Stange, Norway which just south of Hamar; both are in the southern part of Hedmark county and are about 300 kms south of Dalsbygda/Os]
- Ole Iver "...served as as farm manager of the parsonage estate at Nannestad for 5 years." [starting about 1856]


2. Birth - Tolga Ministerialbok,

- father John Ericksen Berg; mother Marit Olsdatter
- witness; Marit Neilsdtr Ous, Gjertrud Eriksdtr Kirkebakken (sister to John Eriksen ?), Marg [?] Hansen .. ?, Neils ..?? Ous (or Aas), Neils Ingrebretsen ...?


3. marriage - Nannestad, Akershus Co; Ministerialbok 1860-1872, p 112, line 10

- 8 Apr 1861
- Ole Iver Berg, age 29 <1832>, residence Nannefled [???], father Jon Jonsen Berg - Tolgen
- Johanna ??? [ Christofersdtr -- but the C doesn't seem to match, more like a G or H or possibly a K which agrees with some of the ancestry.com public family trees * see below), age 23 <1838>, father ...... ??? Larsen, residence Nannefled ??? Nannested
--- Familysearch.org - index as Johanne Christoffersdotter

=== Parish Registers - Leaving; Ministerialbok 1860-1872, p 213, line 27 & 28; 16 Apr 1861
- Ole Iver Berg, age 29 and Johanna ....?? dtr, age 24
- for America

b. Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg, Pioneers..... manuscript, page 33
- left from Crhistiana on the ship SS Nordlyset (the Northern Light); embarked on 22 April 1861; a journey of 13 weeks arriving in August
** on the Norway Heritage ship site, ther is a sailing of the ship SS Nordlyset leaving Christina on 27 Apr 1861 and arriving in Quebec on 6 Jul - if this is the trip, then it would have


[ 4 Oct 2012 ]
- nothing on Emigrants from Trondheim, but their data base doesn't start until 1867
- nothing on Library and Archives Canada - for year 1861, under Ole or Berg or Johanna
- nothing on Norway Heritage, Castle Garden, The ships list

*** ancestry.com Public Family Trees
'HansonAncestry2 and 1 owner RichardHanson524' [from Ozzie Sollien email, 3 May 2018 - Richard Hanson living in Arizona] with last login in Aug 2012 - not sourced but uses the name Johanna Kristoffersdatter Nannested; lists daughter Mathilde with no descendants
'Jan 2011 Import from FT 2006 owner JLM1952' with last login in Aug 2012 [from Ozzie Sollien email, 3 May 2018 - John L Murray living in Texas] - not sourced but uses the name Joanne Nannested; also recorded Ole as Ole Inver Berg (with same birth date) and the comment "Assume married in Norway since Lars Kaxrud reported they married in 1861"; has dates for Ole Iver's children and with Mathilde indicates born in Cannon Valley, WI [Monroe Co, south of Sparta] and Josephine born in Highland Prairie [in Rushford Co, MN - see below, re Ole Iver Berg travels]
** there is also a private family tree 'Johnsen-Zimmerman Family Tree with Branches and Twigs owner scotyzim1955' uses Johanna Berg married 1861 and has the same dates for Ole Iver Berg

=+ in 1911 Plat, J C Nannestad owned land in Lake Park Twp, Becker Co, MN, in sections 2, 3, outside town of Lake Park (note; nothing on BLO); [ 6 Oct 2012 - http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/130883/Lake+Park+Township++Starkke+Lake/Becker+County+1911/Minnesota/ ]


3. From www.norwayheritage.com (http://www.norwayheritage.com/search_test.asp; search Ole Berg, under their 'beta' version, 4 Oct 2012) [ as of 12 May 2018 - link not active ]

"
Ole Berg
from Tolga, Østerdalen, 1861. Built the first living house at Lake Park in 1872. Was the Mare [Mayor] of Lake Park for a long time, Lake Park, Minnesota."

NOTE - no indication who wrote the above or where it came from


4. Pioneer History of Becker Co by Mrs Jessie C West and Alvin H Wilcox, Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul, MN; 1907
- parts of book are available at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnbecker/
- also available at http://archive.org/details/pioneerhistoryof00wilc
NOTE: this book contains a photo of O.I. Berg, page 424; [see PC file folder for this photo sent to me by from Ozzie Sollien email, 3 May 2018]



Chapter XXXIII (13), Lake Park Township.

- a few mentions of O I Berg.

- photo - O I Berg on the left; on the right is Oliver Taylor
- "O. I. Berg came here in the spring of 1872" (under the section, Erick S Quam)
- under the "History of Lake Park Village", by O. I. Berg - "The first framed residence building was built by O. I. Berg in the fall of 1872. The place was then called Hay Siding."
- the village was incorporated in 1881. One of the judges for the election was O I Berg. Elected as a Trustee was O I Berg.

5. MN Death Index

Berg, Ole Sver [MHS, index spelling], death 11 Dec 1914, Becker Co, Mn; cert id 1914-MN-000465
- no mother maiden name recorded
Berg, Johanna, death
Berg, Caroline died 26 Apr 1906, born abt 1865; mother's maiden name, Nannestad [ Cert ID 1906-45A-640]

6. findagrave.com - Lake Park Cemetery, Lake Park, Becker Co, MN

- Ole Iver Berg, born 27 May 1832, died 11 Dec 1914
- buried - Lake Park Cemetery, Lake Park, MN
== wife is also listed and some other Bergs; BUT no photo of tombstone
- Caroline, born 6 Jan 1865, died 26 Apr 1906

+++ also: Josephine Berg Sorkness, born 6 Apr 1871, died 29 Jan 1901; virtual flower added by scottyzim1955 - this corresponds to private family tree - see point 3 above


7. MN State, 1875, Liberty Twp, Becker Co

[ 6 Oct 2012 ] - couldn't find anything current of 'town of Liberity', thus I suspect Lake Park twp was initially called Liberty Twp

- O I Berg, age 43, born in Norway; Johanna, age 38, born in Norway
- Mathilda, age 12 <1863>, born in WI; Caroline, age 9 <1866> born in MN; Annie Elsa, age 6 <1869> born in MN; Josephine, age 4 <1871> born in MN
- also listed in the same family group is Karen Nannestad, age 28 <1847> born in Norway and Knut Bjorge [?] age 27 <1846> born in Norway


MN State, 1885, Lake Park, Becker Co

- O I Berg, age 53, Johanna wife age 48; Mathilda, age 22 (born in WI), Caroline, age 19, Anne age 17, Josephine age 14, Emilie age 7 <1878>; all other childern born in MN


MN State, 1895 Lake Park, Becker Co

- O I Berg, age 63 <1832>, born in Norway; Johanna, age 57 <1838>
for both -- resident of this state - 31 yrs, 8 mos <Oct 1863> ; this district - 24 yrs, 1 mo <May 1871>
- Caroline age 30 [?], Josephine, age 24 <1871>, Annie [likely Nodshilder, but can't make it out] along with Ester and Hildegard


8. 1880 US Census , Lake Park, Becker Co

- O I Berg, age 48, born in Norway, Postmaster [ancestry has indexed as O J Berg]
- Johanna, age 43; Mathilda, age 17 (born in WI); Karoline, age 15; Anne, age 12, Josephine, age 9; Marie, age 2 <1878> [other childern born in MN]
- also listed as a Boarder is W E Dahl, age 22, born in Iowa

1900 US Census , Lake Park, Becker Co

- O I Berg, age 68 born May 1832 in Norway, emigrated 1861, married 39 ys <1861>
- Johanne, age 62 born Dec 1837 in Norway, mother of 6 children, 4 living same as above
- Annie Nodshilder, daughter, age 31 born Dec 1868 in MN, widow, [married 3 yrs, but 3 is crossed off ?], mother of 2 children, 2 living
- Ester, grandchild, age 6 born Aug 1893 born in MN
- Hildegard, grandchild, age 5 born Jan 1895 born in MN

1910 US Census, Lake Park, Becker Co

- O I Berg, age 77, married 49 yrs, emigrated 1861; 'own income'
- Johanna, age 72; mother of 6 children, 2 living
- also listed is Annie Nodshilder, widow, [married 5 yrs ?], mother of 2 children, 2 living; no income
- Ester M M, age 16 <1894>,
- Hildegard A , age 15




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Conclusions:

1). The family information and residence in Lake Park, MN is consistent throughout, first with the information from Klokkervang, Norway Parish Registers, US and MN Census, and MN Death records
2). Johanna's date of death - some discrepancy between 15 or 16 Nov - I will use the MN Death since it is likely more accurate (based on record of death at the time); the record on Findagrave does not provide any source information



Further Research:

1). Wisconsin residence - one Ancestry.com family tree indicates Cannon Valley in Monroe Co but it doesn't provide any source information ;; see
2). First residence in MN - 1895 MN Census indicates 24 yrs in the Lake Park, Becker Co district - this would mean the move to Lake Park was in 1871 and in the State by 1863; where were they from 1863-1871 ?






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Wisconsin Railway Map

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=109

from: http://riptrack.net/book/export/html/212
Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad
The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad was created in the late 1840s through a reorganization of the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad. By 1850 it had completed construction of 10 miles of track from Milwaukee to Elm Grove via Wauwatosa (RLHS 1937, p 20 and 24) and operated its first train to Wauwatosa. (WisDOT Timeline). This railroad is sometimes cited as the first operating railroad in Wisconsin. In 1851, the line was extended from Elm Grove to Waukesha, (RLHS 1937, p 20 and 24) and the railroad finally operated its first passenger train on February 25, 1851. (Meyer 1898, p 216) The line was extended 41.5 miles further to reach Milton in 1852. It was again extended from Milton to Stoughton in 1853. The next year, in 1854, the line was extended again from Stoughton to Madison. In 1856 the M&M completed 71 miles of track from Madison to Boscobel. In 1857 the M&M was building two lines, completing construction of 28 miles of track from Boscobel to Prairie du Chien, and 34 miles from Janesville to Monroe. (RLHS 1937, p 20 and 24) The M&M completed its line to Prairie du Chien on April 15, 1857. In 1861 the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad was reorganized as the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien Railroad. (Molldrem and McCoy, 4th quarter 1998, p 12)


La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad
The La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad was chartered on April 2, 1852, to connect its namesake cities. (Meyer 1898, p 298) Construction began at the eastern end of the proposed route with 8 miles of track from Chestnut St. in Milwaukee to North Milwaukee completed in 1854. By 1855, the line was extended 44.7 miles of from North Milwaukee to Horicon. The next year the LC&M completed 47.6 miles of track from Horicon to Portage. In 1857, construction continued on two lines, completing 43 miles of track from Portage to New Lisbon, and 18.8 miles from Watertown to Columbus. A year later in 1858, the LC&M completed 61.3 miles of track from New Lisbon to North La Crosse. (RLHS 1937, p 20 and 24) The whole line between Milwaukee and La Crosse was officially opened for traffic on October 14, 1858, with a dedication train carrying dignitaries that operated over the entire route from east to west. (Johnson, p 47) The line's opening wasn't enough to keep the railroad going, however, as the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad filed for bankruptcy in 1859. The bondholders and principals in the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad met on September 3, 1861, and established an agreement to reorganize the railroad through foreclosure. The reorganization plan for the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad is officially adopted at the bondholders meeting on October 1, 1861, with the reorganized railroad renamed as the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad with trustees Francis Vose, Isaac Seymour, Horace Galpin, Mr. Dawson, D. M. Hughes and Mr. Gould. (NYT, 17 Sept 1863)




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From: "Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg, Pioneers. An Account of Covered Wagon Days" by Mathilde Berg Grevstad*; Translated by Agnes Grevstad Lee; Compiled by Erling C Grevstad, 1975


Travels:

1. Tolga parish, Norway. In 1832, Ole Iver Berg was born at the Berg farm (known as Bortistuen) near the current town of Dalsbygda, in the northern part of Tolga parish, quite close to the border between Hedmark and Sor-Trondelag counties (and about 25 kms south of the town of Røros.

Ole Iver Berg left Tolga parish in 1856



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From Ozzie Sollien's work, "Suicide by Army Life", 2017

- this does not specifically mention Ole Iver Berg, but it is interesting to note some similiar general areas
that is,
- Nannestad, Norway and leaving on the same boat - see page 27 ^{847,883,1082,1083,1084}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Migration - 1856, 11 Jun 1856, Tolga, Hedmark, Norway. ¹⁰⁸⁵ Leaving Tolga parish for ... to Grans Pres ...on Haldaad [??] .... Pres..gard .... [difficult to make out the handwriting]. However, there is no record of him moving into Gran parish or into Nannestad parish.

2. Emigration - 1861, 16 Apr 1861, Nannestad, Akershus Co, Norway. ¹⁰⁸⁶ Leaving Nannestad parish for America

3. Residence - 1875, 1 May 1875, Liberty Twp, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁸⁷

4. Residence - 1880, 1 Jun 1880, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁸⁸

5. Residence - 1885, 1 May 1885, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁸⁹

6. Residence - 1895, 1 Jun 1895, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁹⁰

7. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁹¹

8. Residence - 1910, 15 Apr 1910, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States. ¹⁰⁹²

Ole Iver Jonsen Berg family travels: Tolga, Norway to Wisconsin and Lake Park, Minnesota: 8 Mar 2018, Lake Park, Becker County, Minnesota

From: "Ole-Iver and Johanne Berg, Pioneers. An Account of Covered Wagon Days" by Mathilde Berg Grevstad*; Translated by Agnes Grevstad Lee; Compiled by Erling C Grevstad, 1975


Travels:

1. Tolga parish, Norway. In 1832, Ole Iver Berg was born at the Berg farm (known as Bortistuen) near the current village of Dalsbygda, in the northern part of Tolga parish, quite close to the border between Hedmark and Sor-Trondelag counties (and about 25 kms south of the town of Røros).

Ole Iver Berg left Tolga parish in 1856 for Gran parish. However there is no record of him arriving in Gran parish or Nannestad parish. However, the Nannestad parish records record Ole Iver and Johanne's marriage on 8 Apr 1861. The above source notes that Ole Iver Berg was the "farm manger of the parsonage estate at Nannestad for 5 years."

2. Ole Iver Berg and Johanne left from Christiana on the ship SS Nordlyset (the Northern Light); embarked on 22 April 1861 on a journey of 13 weeks arriving in Quebec in August. They travelled with some other people from Nannestad. On the Norway Heritage ship site, there is a sailing of the ship SS Nordlyset leaving Christina on 27 Apr 1861 and arriving in Quebec on 6 Jul - if this is the trip, then there would have a trip of 2 months and 9 days or about 8-9 weeks. There is no passenger list is for this sailing on the Norway Heritage site and there is no list of passengers arriving in Quebec since those lists didn't start until 1865.

3. Quebec to Milwaukee to La Crosse, WI. From Quebec, or maybe Montreal, Ole Iver and Johanne boarded the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR). The Grand Trunk Railway started in 1852 with a line from Montreal to Toronto, but by 1860 it had lines from Riviere-du-Loup, north of Quebec city and west as far as Sarnia. Ole Iver and Johanne traveled on the GTR to Port Huron, ON on the shores of Lake Huron. From there they crossed to Milwaukee by boat. At Milwaukee they traveled by 'box car' to La Crosse, Wisconsin. The manuscript gives some information on the journey, but only mentions the place name of Johnson Creek, about 90 kms west of Milwaukee.

4. La Crosse to Cannon Valley. The manuscript says that Ole Iver and Johanne (along with Jens Kaxrud, a cousin of Johanne) traveled by railroad (likely the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad) to La Crosse and then they walked about 40 kms to Cannon Valley in Monroe County. Sometime in Aug 1861 they arrived at the home of Nils and Marit Eggen (Ole Iver's uncle and aunt from Tolga, Norway, who had left Tolga in 1853). Ole Iver and Johanne stayed with Nils Eggen until the spring of 1864.

In a post on the The History of Leon Twp" on the Genealogy Trails genealogy website for Monroe County, Wisconsin there is an interesting statement, "In 1858 the Milwaukee & La Crosse railroad was built through, going within less than a mile of the village [Leon], which was now a hummer, contractors and railroad men for a time making it their headquarters". The village of Leon was only a couple of miles from the start of the Cannon Valley area. This would have been a much shorter walk for Ole Iver than walking from La Crosse. Since they didn't get off the train at Leon, it is likely that Nils Eggen's farm was further west in the Cannon Valley and closer to Westby, WI. In fact, In Nils and Marit Eggen's son (Ole Nelson) obituary it is recorded that Ole had come to the US and had lived for 2 or 3 years in the vicinity of Coon Prairie in Wisconsin before coming to MN (McLeod Co). Currently there is no place name of Coon Prairie but there is still a church with that name at Westby, WI, and this would be a bit south of what would appear to the southern end of "Cannon Valley".

5. Leon Twp to Fillmore County, Minnesota. Ole Iver Berg's family walked to La Crosse, WI and then likely on a ferry, they crossed the Mississippi River into Minnesota. They then would have continued west overland to Bratsberg, Highland Prairie Twp, Fillmore County likely in 1863 or possibly 1864 (the exact date is not recorded. Ole Iver worked as a blacksmith at Bratsberg until the fall of 1869. He then traveled back to Norway and remained there over winter and returned to Bratsberg in May of 1870. It is assumed that he traveled to Norway on his own.

6. Bratsberg, MN to Lake Park MN. On page 1 of the document it is noted that Ole Iver Berg and family, along with some others (some of them are recorded on page 2), left Fillmore Co, sometime in the week of 21 May 1871 (it is noted that their daughter Josephine was 6 weeks old), and so the document says that they left on 23 May 1871. They traveled by covered wagon with a group of 8 wagons. On the page prior to page 1, there is a hand drawn map of the family's route through Minnesota, traveling to Chatfield and from there north to Rochester, Cannon Falls and past Minneapolis and St Paul. From there, they traveled to Anoka, St Cloud, Sauk Center, Alexandria, and to Holmes City and onto Fergus Falls. Mathilde Berg Grevstad makes a few comments regarding some of the places they passed through and noted that overall the journey went smoothly. For the most part, they had been able to followed established wagon trails. At Fergus Falls, she notes that there were no longer wagon trails to follow and that they relied on Indian trails, passing by Prairie Lake and Lake Pelican. The trip through Otter Tail County and into Becker County was treed, with shrubs and at times marshy land where they would have to make corduroy roads.

Their last stop was at Oak Lake, west of Detroit Lakes [about 5 kms north west of the current town of Detroit Lakes; a 1929 township may of Becker Co shows Oak Lake partly in section 17 and 18]. From here, the men went in different directions to find suitable and unclaimed land, but Ole Iver did not find a claim.

7. Lake Park, MN vicinity. The above named manuscript implies that the family stayed at Oak Lake for a while, but the family then went with a few others a bit further north, as far as the "Wild Rice River" area [about 30 miles/40 kms north of Lake Park]. Ole Iver found the land in this area to be poor, and so they returned south, to the area closer to present day Lake Park. However, the above manuscript does not record where they were. It mentions one name, "Björge's homestead" (page 12). The US Bureau of Land Management records that Erik O Bjorge had a homestead patent in 1885 on section 8 of Lake Park township, less than 5 kms (2-3 miles) south west of Lake Park. *

Since there was not suitable land was not available near Bjorge's, Ole Iver Berg decided that he would not continue to hunt for land and that he would start working on the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and "there were rumors that a station would be established only about 3 miles to the east" (page 12). Although not named on page 12, it is likely that the station would be at the current town of Lake Park.

Ole Iver Berg family moved into a cabin built by a bachelor, Halvor Meland. The US Bureau of Land Management does not record a patent for Halvor Meland (or Melland), but the 1929 Becker Co township maps record that a person named, Carl Melland with land on section 18 of Lake Park township. The same township map names Kathrine Bjorge owning land on section 8 and Christ Bjorge owning land just south on section 17 (these are likely descendants of Erik O Bjorge.

With the cabin refurbished, Ole Iver starting working the construction of the railroad and for awhile stayed at the railroad camp 4 miles away and came home to the family on Saturday. The manuscript is not clear on the dates, but notes that Ole Iver continued to work on the railroad until "freeze up" and so this was likely sometime in Nov or Dec or 1871 and that the family was alone, during the "summer and late fall". During the winter, Ole Iver continued to improve on the cabin, but he had fallen sick for awhile. When he was better, he skied to where the railroad had built a siding, which was name "High Siding" with a small village was developing. Ole Iver had found a house that his family could move to and so, in March the family moved to High Siding, later named Lake Side and then named Lake Park.

8. Lake Park, MN. In the summer of 1872, Ole Iver had bought a lot in the village and started to be a larger house which they moved into it in December. Ole Iver's wife, Johanne, provided board (and some lodging) for some railway workers and others. Ole Iver began working for Abraham's store.

Ole Iver Berg was instrumental in establishing the Lake Park Evangelical Norwegian Lutheran Church with services first held at the home of O I Berg, and likely he was involved with the first school in 1875. Ole Iver continued to work with Abraham's store (general store), Lumber and Wheat (see 1878 Business Directory and Gazetteer for Becker County on the Genealogy Trails website) and he also become a Postmaster, and also was involved as an insurance and mortgage broker (page 41).


9. Summary:

The intent of this article was to outline some of the areas that the Ole Iver Berg traveled on his journey from Os, in Tolga parish in Norway to Lake Park, Minnesota. This journey outlined in the above manuscripts helps in routes that our early ancestors traveled.

The above named manuscript provides a great deal of information, not only of the trip and but also of the family members and hints at the life they lived and who they were as individuals. By reading the manuscript you develop a deeper understanding of Ole Iver and his family, but also of other immigrants.

Written by Rueben D Grue, 8 Mar 2018.


* There is a biographical sketch for Christen Bjorge (a son of Erik) in the book, "A Pioneer History of Becker County ... " starting on page 415 on the archive.org website (this also records a wagon train leaving Coon Prairie, Wisconsin in 1870). This volume does not sketch Ole Iver Berg, but has a photo of O I Berg on page 424.

Ole had a relationship with Marit Halldorsdatter Nordgardsåkeren.

Ole next married Johanna Kristoffersdatter Nannested on 8 Apr 1861 in Nannestad, Akershus Co, Norway.¹⁰⁷⁶ (Johanna Kristoffersdatter Nannested was born on 17 Dec 1837 in Norway,^{1093,1094,1095} died on 15 Nov 1913 in Becker Co, Minnesota, United States ¹⁰⁹⁶ and was buried in Lake Park Cemetery, Lake Park, Becker Co, Minnesota, United States ¹⁰⁹⁵.)