1891 - 1969 (77 years)
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Name |
Bertha SWENSON |
Birth |
16 Aug 1891 |
North Dakota |
Gender |
Female |
Baptism |
18 Oct 1891 |
North Dakota |
- Bethany Lutheran in Hatton
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Death |
Jan 1969 |
Arizona |
Notes |
- In the 1910 census, as “Bertha Swenson,” 19, she was a “millinary” and living with her aunt Belle and Belle’s husband Nick Bergerson in Duluth.
In the 1920 census (January), William, 31, Bertha, 28, and Eunice, 4, were living in Buffalo, New York, on Elmview Place. William was working in the credit department of a radiator company.
In the 1930 census (April), William L., 40, and Bertha, 38, Ross were living in an apartment, known as the Brittany Apartment Hotel, at 5528 Kenmore Avenue in Chicago. William was in the banking field and was not a veteran. Their daughters were Eunice B, 14, and Geraldine, 8.
In the 1940 census, she was a 47 year-old widow living in East Lansing, Michigan. She was a saleswoman for a lingerie company. Living with her was her 18 year-old daughter Geraldine, a student. Both women were high school graduates. In 1935, both women lived in Detroit.
A Bertha Ross, b. 16 Aug 1891, died in Phoenix in January of 1969. Her Social Security number had been issued in Michigan.
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Person ID |
I1651 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
5 Nov 2017 |
Father |
John SWENSON, b. Jun 1845, Sweden d. 2 Nov 1925, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 80 years) |
Mother |
Berit (Betsy) THOMPSON, b. 2 Aug 1857, Lomen, Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 28 Nov 1945, Polk County, Minnesota (Age 88 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1891 |
Family ID |
F1186 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
William LeRoy ROSS, b. 12 Dec 1888, Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois d. 24 May 1931, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 42 years) |
Marriage |
Aug 1914 |
Custer County, Montana |
Children |
| 1. Eunice Hope ROSS, b. 4 Feb 1916, Montana d. 20 Aug 1999, Arizona (Age 83 years) |
| 2. Geraldine ROSS, b. 4 Jul 1921, Erie County, New York d. 11 Aug 2014, Michigan (Age 93 years) |
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Family ID |
F1188 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 May 2018 |
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