Alice Maria Bonstrom

  Research Notes:

Alice Maria Bonstrom [Robert Maloney/Berg/Di Maria ... FT on ancestry; additional information]
married: 19 Oct 1904 at Watertown, MN; to:
Petrus Elias Berg, b 12 Sep 1861 in Sweden; 21 May 1934 at Loveland, Larimer Co, CO [abt 75 kms north of Denver]
this was his second marriage, 1st to Constance Augusta Berg, 1861-1900; they had 4 children

a. Astrid Lucile Elizabet Berg, 1907-1997; married Oscar Edward Liden, 1907 - 1970; one son, Lawrence D, b abt 1936
in CO
b. Philip E Berg, 1908-1922; married Rosemary Lutt, 1910-1958 [2nd marriage, unknown]; Philip Mark Berg, 1941-2016
c. Anna Marie Berg, 1923-2007; married Robert Peterson, 1924-2010; daughters, Bonnie and Marcia, son Cris Peterson

* Robert Maloney/Berg FT - notes that Petrus Elias Berg was first married to Constance Augusta Bang b 1861 [they emigrated in 1892 from Västanorrland, Sweden]. They had 4 children, three born in Sweden and one at Watertown, Carver Co, MN. Constance died 1900 at Carver Co, MN.

1910 US Census, Salinas, San Lius Olispo Co, CA; Ed 40; sheet 1B; fam/dw 30/31
Petrus age 48, b in Nor; clergyman
Alice M age 25 b in MN; mother of 2 children, 2 living
daughter L E, age 8 b in MN
Philip E, age 1 yr and 7 months
[also a servant living with the family]

1920 US Census, Templeton, San Lius Olispo Co, CA; Ed 47; sheet 6B & 7A; fam/dw 163/165
as above, son Philip age 11
and a boarder


1930 US, Loveland, Larimer Co, CO; Ed 35-20; sheet 2B; starting, line 82
Petrus E Berg, age 67 br in Norway
wife Alice M, age 45 b in MN
daughter, Astrid L E age 22 b in MN
daugther, Anna Marie, age 6 b in CO

1940 US Census, Denver city, ED16-118; sheet 11A; starting with line 4
Alice is living with her daugther Astrid L and her husband Oscar Edward Liden, age 32 b in Co [he is an assist, newspaper editor]
and a son, Lawrence E age 4 b in CO
Alice (initial B??) age 54 born in MN; Widow


Swedish American Lutheran Church Records, Trinity Lutheran Church, Loveland, CO
https://www.ancestrylibrary.ca/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554790-00165?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=31171956

image 166,
Pastor Petrus E Berg, b 12 Sep 1861 at Lovde (or Sovde) Norge; received 1 Dec 1922

married 19 Oct 1904; moved 1932 [no location noted]
wife, Alice Maria Bonstrom, b 10 Nov 1884 at Buffalo, MN
d. Astrid Lucile Elizabet b 29 Jan 1907 at Watertown, MN
s. Philip Emerson Berg, b 15 Aug 1908 at Watertown, MN
d. Anna Maria, b 11 Aug 1923 at Loveland

Petrus E Berg and family: also at Bethel Lutheran Church, Templeton, CA; image 405
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554870-01017?pId=30653276

Petrus E Berg and family: Trinity Lutheran Church, Watertown, MN; image 690
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61584/images/47830_554917-00689?pId=30543684
- records marriage, and birth of 2 children


Petrus E Berg and Alice M;
1910 US Census, Salinas, San Lius Olispo Co, CA; Ed 40; sheet 1B; fam/dw 30/31
Petrus age 48, b in Nor; clergyman
Alice M age 25 b in MN; mother of 2 children, 2 living
daughter L E, age 8 b in MN
Philip E, age 1 yr and 7 months
[also a servant living with the family]


Petrus Berg obit; Oakland Tribune issue 21 May 1934 p 3
- retired pastor; six year president of the CA Conference of Swedish Lutheran Church
died today after a week;s illness of pneumonia
- 45 years a clery in Sweden, Massachusetts, California and Loveland CO
- survived ay a widow; son Philip and 3 daughters, Anna Maria of Loveland, Mrs Astric Liden
of Denver and Mrs S O Ilstrup of Wright Co, MN; burial to Watertown

1920 US Census, Templeton, San Lius Olispo Co, CA; Ed 47; sheet 6B & 7A; fam/dw 163/165
as above, son Philip age 11
and a boarder


a. Astrid Lucile Elizabet Berg, b 29 Jan 1907 at Watertown, MN; died 24 Sep 1997 at Santa Clara, CA
married about 1935 (+or-)
Oscar Edward Liden, b 1907 at Leadville, CO; died 1970 at Los Banos, Merced Co CA
son, Lawrence D Liden, b abt 1936 in CO

b. Philip E Berg, b 15 Aug 1908 at Watertown, MN; died 24 August 1992 Denver [findagrave, id; 120234439 ]
[ his wife, Rosemary is buried at place;, id 120234480; not linked, but plot is the same]
married: 29 Jun 1934 [CO county marrriages] to Rosemary Luff, 1910-1958
son Philip Mark Berg, 22 Feb 1941 at Loveland, Larmer Co, CO; died 3 Sep 2016 at Shalmir, Okaloosa Co, FL
Fort Walton Beach, near Pensacola [legacy.com, age 75, longtime resident of Shalimar
died 3 Sep; born in Loveland Co; US Air Force at Fort Collins; retired 1989 as a Lt Col after 25 yrs;
combat missions in Vietnam War; had a Masters degree in Bus Admin and in Counselling and
Human Development; worked for FL division of Children and Families; survive by wife Kathryn of 41
years [second wife, married in Clark Co, Nevada on 5 Aug 1975 - Kathryn Winifred Lindner]; and sister, Beth; no mention of children
... Maloney ... FT suggests he was married twice, but person is 'private' AND records a second child born to Philip E and Rosemary; 'private'
1940 US Census, Loveland, Larimer Co, ED 35-16; sheet 3A, starting line 5
Philip E Berg, age 36b in MN; City Editor; wife Rosemary age 29 b in CO
and sister, Anna Marie Berg

c. Anna Marie Berg, b 11 Aug 1923, Loveland Co; died 27 Aug 2007 at Denver
[obit on Legacy.com; died at age 84 on 27 Aug 2007; survived by husband of 65 years, Robert A Peterson
- survived by daughter Roberta Anne (McDonald), of Menlo Park CA; daughter, Maricia Lynn
(Weill) of Carmichael, CA; and so Cristopher Peterson of Boston, MA;
- preceded in death by mother Alice Bonstrom Berg and her father, Reverend Petrus Elias Berg
and sister Astrid Berg Linden; brother Philip
- born and raised in Loveland Co
- married 9 Aug 1942]
married: 9 Aug 1942 to Robert Andrew Peterson, b 3 May 1924 in Denver and died
26 Jun 2010 at Carmichael, Sacramento, CA
[his obit, The Sacramento Bee, issue 30 Jun 2010; newspapers.com
- died 26 Jun 2010



- preceded by wife of 65 years, Anna Maris Berg who died 2007
- survived by 3 children, Bobbie and Warren McConald of Menlo Park A; Marica and Doug Weill of
Carmichael, CA; and son Cris and Connie Peterson of Uptown, MA;

See: Korsbaneret: 1935, pages 147-148
".... In October 1904 he married Alice Maria Bonstrom from Bullafalo, MN, who now together with
three children mourn the deceased husband and father, namely Mrs. O E Liden, Denver CO; Philip Emerson and
Anna Maria, Loveland, CO .... " ; note his photo

".... He then [year not recorder] got a job as a schoolteacher in North Sondmore ..." - likely refers to a traditional district (or province) and now a part of the county of Møre og Romsdal.

Alice married Petrus Elias Berg on 19 Oct 1904 in Carver Co, Minnesota, United States. (Petrus Elias Berg was born on 12 Sep 1861 in Norway, died on 21 May 1934 in Larimer Co, Colorado, United States and was buried in Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Watertown, Carver Co, Minnesota, United States.)