Edward Oleson Bergh

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=173063660

Birth: 1850, Norway

Death: Feb. 23, 1917 Round Hill Lloydminster Census Division Alberta, Canada

Edward was one of four sons born to Rev. Ole Anderson and first wife Sidsel Bergh in Norway.

Edward's mother died in childbirth in 1854 and was buried together with the infant on December 24, 1854.

Edward's father remarried to Anne Gorina, and the family emigrated out of Norway in 1860 to Minnesota.

Edward married his first cousin, Mathea (Thea) Jensdatter Branes (1853- 1886). She and five of their children all died in 1886 of the Black Diptheria. The other five all died in their youth. That wife and children are all buried at Solor Lutheran Cemetery at Webster, MN where the family lived on a farm.

Edward remarried to Christine (Christi) Petersdatter Jenson (1855-1928). They emigrated out of the US and got a homestead farm in central Alberta, Canada.

Edward worked as a Christian layman. He farmed and raised his second family in Round Hikll, Alberta. He is buried at Cereal, AB Cemetery, per Dorothy Bergh Steinberg's family history book.

Relatives are invited to contact us:

Lsharp@alaska.net

Parents:

• Ole Anderson Bergh (1819 - 1907)
• Sidsel Johannesdatter Gunning Kasa Bergh (1816 - 1854)

Spouse:

• Christine Petersdatter Jenson Bergh (1855 - 1928)

Siblings:

• Edward Oleson Bergh (1850 - 1917)
• Olai Olson Bergh (1852 - 1930)*
• Evan Sigvart Bergh (1859 - 1862)**
• Caroline Sophie Bergh (1861 - 1861)**
• Sophia Caroline Bergh (1863 - 1883)**
• Anne Emilia Bergh Snesrud (1865 - 1931)**
• Hans Petter Bergh (1866 - 1867)**
• Hanna Bergh (1868 - 1881)**
• Elen Bergh (1870 - 1881)**
• Johannes Bergh (1872 - 1881)**
• Ole Severin Bergh (1872 - 1872)**

Burial: Cottrell Cemetery Cereal Hanna Census Division Alberta, Canada

Created by: Linda Dallas Sharp Record added: Nov 22, 2016 Find A Grave Memorial# 173063660