Marlene Mildred NESS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Apr 1934, North Dakota

Notes:

She is probably the daughter called Mildred in the 1940 census.

Also called Mildred in her mother’s obit.

Baptism:
Zion Luthern, Berthold

Marlene married Ted WILLIS on 12 Nov 1952 in Mountrail County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1940 census, he and his family live in Kenmare, Ward County, North Dakota. He is a salesman for a motor company. He and Agnes had eighth-grade educations.

Died:
last residence Berthold, Ward County

Clifford + Agnes HENRICKSON. Agnes was born on 10 Oct 1908 in Canada; died on 13 Dec 1994 in Burleigh County, North Dakota; was buried on 16 Dec 1994 in Wild Rose Cemetery, Berthold, Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 8 Nov 1868, Saxhaug, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Not born on Nes.

As Johan Andreassen Ness, he emigrated from Saxhaug in late May of 1887. Nina says he came to Fergus Falls and then lived in Duluth.

In the 1900 census, a John Ness, b. July 1868 in Norway, was a single man rooming in Fargo. He was a laborer.

In the 1920 census, he was John A Ness, 51, a farmer in Berthold Twp, Ward County, North Dakota.

The family was still together and living in Berthold Twp in the 1930 census.

John, Hanna, and Lester lived in Berthold Twp in the 1940 census in the same house in which they had lived five years earlier.

Johan + Hannah JOHNSON. Hannah was born on 13 Feb 1875 in Sweden; died on 2 Sep 1974 in Ward County, North Dakota; was buried in Wild Rose Cemetery, Berthold, Ward County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
last residence Berthold, Ward County

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 25 Dec 1830, Saxhaug, Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

He was a huuseier jagtseiler (something to do with huntsman) on the Strømmen Strandsted farm in Saxhaug, Inderøen, Nord-Trøndelag, in the 1865 census.

In the 1875 Norwegian census he was Andreas Aageson Nes, b. 1830, strandsidder, søfarende kystfart, living with his wife and their seven living children on the Beretstuen (Strømmen) residence in Inderøy.

In the 1900 Norwegian census, he was Andreas Aagesen Næs, fisherman, b. 1830, living on Strømmen #29 in Inderøen. His household includes his wife, Beret, b. 1833 in Værdalen, and a fosterson (actually his grandson), Andreas Hermansen Næs, b. 1896 in Trondhjem.

FamilySearch gives his last name as Stomen. Other sources give his last name as Aarfald.

He lived at “Beretstua” (Strandstua), Strømmen.

Birth:
exact day is not legible in church book but Bereth’s bible says 5 Oct

Andreas married Bereth Johannesdatter STRØMMEN on 11 Jun 1857 in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Bereth (daughter of Johannes Hansen ØREN and Gürü Halvorsdatter NESS) was born on 8 Mar 1833 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; was christened on 2 Jun 1833 in Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway; died about 1928 in Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 2 Jun 1833, Stiklestad, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway
• Confirmation: 24 Sep 1848, Verdal, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway

Notes:

Strøm/Strømmen is surname she used for herself in her bible and Bereth is the spelling she used.

Or Beret. In the church book as Birit.

Or Beret Øren, Beret Strømmen, or Bestemor Næss.

FamilySearch gives her last name as Aarfald and her husband’s last name Stomen. She may have taken the surname Johnson somewhere along the line.

In the 1910 Norwegian census, she was living in Trondheim with her son Herman and his family.

Birth:
Bereth’s bible says 1 Mar

Died:
A note in her bible says she died at age 95. A Bertha Strøm was buried 12 Apr 1929 in Trondheim.