Mina Otilda Berg

  Research Notes:

1. source: www.tomren.org (www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com; contact: Holly Tomren)

[ 26 Jan 2012 - www.tomren.org no longer active; data still on rootsweb world connect, but it is not on ancestry.com Public Members Tree; has she died ??; note she has information on earlier generations; there are a number of 'family trees' on ancestry.com - likely the most realiable are 'Russell Berg' and 'Grace Admunson'; note, 7 Feb 2012: 'The Mudbrook Folks' follows the family of Alfred M Berg, BUT the owner has Alfred M Berg, son of Martin Anton Berg, mixed up with someone different ]

-- data on many of the children; BUT NOTE - indicates 2 'living' Fredrickson male childern, one married to 'living' Howis with 2 'living' children


2. source: "Where the Wheatlands meet the Range", 1974 (community history book; Willow Creek / Claresholm, Alberta); Page 158

- 11 children, 7 boys and 4 girls
- at time of writing, 1974, 4 children still living - Walter, Raymond, Grace, Margaret
- Mike farmed and built many houses in the area; also a blacksmith


3. 1900 US Census, Menominie, Dunn Co, WI

- Mike, Mina, Melvin F, Edwin O, Arthur R
- Mike emigrated 1890
- 6 years married; 3 children, 3 living
- Mike works as a Labor in a Sawmill (4 mos employed)
- rents home


4. 1906 Canada Census

- Mike, age 36, Minnie, age 34, children, Edwin, Raymond age 7, Walter age 4, daughter, age 1 born in AB (difficult to read name)
- Melvin is not listed in the 1906 Census (but is listed in the 1900 US), therefore his death is between June 1900-June 1906; location unknown (not listed in the WI death index)

5. 1911 Canada Census

- Michael, Minnie (emigrated 1904), Edwin (10 mos in school), Walter (11 months in school), Elnora, Raymond, Margaret, Grace

6. 1916 Canada Census

- Mike, Minnie, Edwin, Walter, Elnora, Raymond, Margaret, Grace, Anne age 3, Moses, age 2

7. Ancestry.com - Public Members Tree --- 'Fredrickson Family Tree (and Back as Far as I Can) owner notasongbird from Grande Prairie, AB

- provides little information nor provides any sources

8 [ 2 Oct 2012 ] - no other Frederickson buried at Five Mile or Claresholm



9. Obits

Mike Frederickson, died 12 Dec 1943; Claresholm Local Press, 16 Dec 1943

- born near Throndhiem, Norway 8 Oct 1869
- emigrated to Wisconsin, at age 19 <1888>
- married 25 Jul 1893; she died 21 Jan 1941
- they had 11 children: Edwin of Peace River, AB; Walter of Fernie, BC; Eleanora (Mrs T M Peterson) of Seattle, WA; Raymond, Sergeant in the Air Force stationed at Mossbank, SK; Margaret (Mrs O A Bendixson) of Vancouver, BC; Grace (Mrs G A Breckenridge) of Edmonton, AB; Anne (Mrs H Clifford) of Sarnia, ON; and Moses on the home farm, Claresholm [ 8 children living in 1943; 3 dead ]
- 1903 moved from Wisconsin and settled 5 fives east on the Starline Road
- died Sunday night; funeral on Thurs
- internment at Highland Cemetery at Five Mile

++ Note: the obit records year of birth 1869 - this corresponds with the tombstone. Where Wheatlands meet the Range indicates birth as 1868, however this submission is likely a mistake either in the typing or in the submitter's writing. Conclusion - Year of birth as 1869 [ 21 Oct 2012 ]



10 Obit for Mina - not on disc; microfilm available at Claresholm Public Library, but there microfilm machine is in need of repair and is not usable [ 30 Oct 2012 ] ^708,1398

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Residence - 1900, 1 Jun 1900, Menomonie, Dunn Co, Wisconsin, United States. ¹³⁹⁹

2. Residence - 1906, 7 Jul 1906, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁴⁰⁰

3. Residence - 1911, 3 Jun 1911, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁴⁰¹

4. Residence - 1916, 12 Jun 1916, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. ¹⁴⁰²

Mina married Michael Fredrickson, son of Unknown and Unknown, on 25 Jul 1894 in Dunn Co, Wisconsin, United States.¹³⁹⁷ (Michael Fredrickson was born on 8 Oct 1869 in Norway,^1403,1404 died on 12 Dec 1943 in Claresholm, Alberta, Canada ¹⁴⁰⁴ and was buried on 16 Dec 1943 at Five Mile Cemetery, Claresholm, Alberta, Canada ^{709,1404,1405}.)