Gladys Marie BERGSTROM

Notes:

Her obit from the Faribault newspaper, via the Dalby Database:

ELKO (Special) -- Funeral services were held for Gladys Bergstrom today, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Solor Lutheran Church at Webster. Gladys Bergstrom, 33, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bergstrom of Elko. She died suddenly early Monday, Oct. 10, at their farm home.

Notes:

He was a veteran of the World War according to the 1930 census when he and his wife and daughter lived in New Market Twp, not far from his brother Olaf.

He was living in Elko at the time of his brother Olaf’s death.

Obituary or cemetery records show him as a Private in the U.S. Army in World War I.

Hans married Esther Mabel JOHNSON on 2 Dec 1925 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota. Esther was born on 9 Oct 1899 in Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota; died on 26 Oct 1964 in Dakota County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her father was born in Sweden and her mother in Minnesota.

Her obit from the Faribault newspaper, via the Dalby Database:

Funeral services were held for Mrs. Hans Bergsrom of Elko Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the Solor Lutheran Church at Webster. The Rev. Eldon Underdahl officiated. Mrs. Ben Nelson sang "Beyond The Sunset" and the congregation sang "In Heaven Above" and "What A Friend We Have In Jesus." Pallbearers were Glenn Aronson, Allard Aronson, Arhur Davidson, Stanley Rud, Charles Rud and Lyle Rud. Interment was in the Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery at Webster. Esther Mabel Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Erick Johnson was born Oct. 9, 1899, at Red Wing. She attended Red Wing Schools and Dec. 2, 1925, she was married to Hans Bergstrom at Red Wing. She died Monday, Oct. 26, at the Sanford Hospital at Farmington following an illness of two weeks. She was 65 at the time of her death. She is survived by her husband; two sisters, Mrs. Joe Rud and Mrs. Louis Rud of Webster and three brothers, Carl Johnson of Red Wing, Arthur Johnson of Los Angeles, Calif., and Elmer Johnson of Neenah, Wis. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gladys.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1930-MN-014229

Notes:

Ole was a farmer in New Market Twp. He came to the U.S. in 1882 according to the 1900 census.

In the 1910 census, Hans, Henry, Joseph, and Sophia were still living at home.

In the 1930 census Ole and Betsy were living in the village of Elko, New Market Twp, Scott County, not far from Martin Tonsager, a widower with a 6 year-old daughter, and Ole and Betsy’s son John. Ole came to the U.S. in 1875 and his wife in 1876.

Birth:
IGI gives his birthdate as September 8, 1860

Ole married Berit (Betsy) NELSON on 7 Jan 1886 in Dakota County, Minnesota. Berit (daughter of Ole Nielsson KATTEVOLD and Sigrid Olsdatter (Sarah) ELLINGBØE) was born on 26 Sep 1867 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 21 Feb 1933 in Scott County, Minnesota; was buried in Solor Lutheran Church Cemetery, Webster, Rice County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Minnesota Death Certificate: 1933-MN-013923
• Baptism: 25 Dec 1867, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Living with her parents and brothers in the 1885 census.

In the 1900 census she had had 5 children, all 5 still living. She came to the U.S. in 1870. In the 1910 census those numbers are 7 and 7.

Notes:

Married:
Christiania church

Notes:

Information here is from FamilySearch.

John married Inger Olsen FLAEN about 1855 in Gunnarskog, Varmlands län, Sweden. Inger was born about 1828 in Elstad, Eidsvold, Akershus, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 24 Jun 1826, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

He is Ola Nilsson Tørstad, I4990, in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

He seems to be Ola Nilsen Haugen, I25645, in Jim’s VS. For that entry, there is no further information on Ole’s wife or children. However, the VS entry shows Ole’s parents to be Nils Olsen Helle and Berit Håvardsdatter Helle.

He’s simply Ole Nelson in the French Family Tree.

The bygdebok (p. 787) calls him Ola Nilsson Tørstadeiga. He was called Ole Nilsen Ellingbø in the church book entry for Nel’s birth. He was called Ole Nielson Kattevold in the entry for Anders’s birth and for Helge’s birth and for the family’s emigration record.

Shown as Ole Nielsson in the 1865 Norwegian census. He was a “husmand med jord og smed” on the Grunkø farm in Hoved subparish in Vang parish. He was 38, his wife Sigri Olsdatter was 31, and they had two sons: Niels, 7, and Ole, 3. Grunkø, aka Grunke or Grunketeigen, was a husmannplassen under Øvre Kattevøl.

Emigrated from Vang in 1876. The departing family is listed as Ole Nielsen Kattevold, b. 2 Jun 1826, Sigrid Olsdatter, b. 15 Dec 1834, Niels, b. 14 Mar 1859, Ole, b. 25 Aug 1863, Berit, b. 26 Sep 1867, Helge, b. 18 Nov 1870, and Anders, b. 25 May 1874.

Shown as Ole Nilsen in the 1880 census. He and his family lived on a farm in New Market. The family consisted on Ole, 50, Sigri, 45, Nels, 20, Ole J., 18, Betsey, 12, Andrew, 9, Ole, 6, and Lina, 1. Everyone but Lina had been born in Norway.

In the 1885 state census, the family is in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nelson, 60, Sahra, 50, Nels, 25, Ole O., 20, Henry O., 14, Andrew, 10, and Basy, 17.

In the 1895 census, the family lives near the Ellingboes in New Market. The household consists of Ole, 70, Sigri, 60, Nels, 35, Ole, 31, Andrew, 21, Ole, 5, born in Dakota, and Henry, 6 months, born in Minnesota. Ole and his family had been in the state for 19 years, in the present enumeration district for 18 years.

In the 1900 census, he and his family are still in New Market. The household consists of Ole Nailson, 74 (b. June 1826), Sara, 65 (b. Dec 1834), Ole O., 36 (b. Aug 1863), Andrew, 26 (b. May 1874), Nails, 41 (b. 1859), Ole, nephew, 10 (b. Jan 1890), and Henry, nephew, 4 (b. Dec 1895). The youngest Ole had been born in Dakota, Henry in Minnesota, and everyone else in Norway. Sara had had 8 children, 4 still living. Ole and Sara had been married for 41 years. The family had come to the U.S. in 1876.

Birth:
Kvien 96/20 Smedhaugen according to Jim’s VS

Buried:
cemetery records say “probably burial”

Ole married Sigrid Olsdatter (Sarah) ELLINGBØE on 27 Jan 1859 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Sigrid (daughter of Ola Torleivsson ELLINGBØE and Ågot Helgesdotter ELLINGBØE) was born on 15 Dec 1834 in Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 6 Oct 1902 in Minnesota; was buried in West Christiania Lutheran Cemetery, New Market Twp, Scott County, Minnesota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 26 Dec 1834, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway

Notes:

Ove and Berit stayed with this aunt of Ove Ellingoe when Ove and Berit first arrived in Minnesota.

Called Sahra in the 1885 census. Called Sara in the 1900 census.

An Ancestry.com family tree gives her birth and death dates as 6 Dec 1835 to 6 Oct 1903. The church book shows she was born in December of 1834 but the exact day is illegible.

Birth:
day from the emigration record

Died:
per the cemetery records according to the Dalby Database