Ola Olsen BERGE

1832 - 1911  (78 years)

• Name	Ola Olsen BERGE
  Birth	11 Jul 1832	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  	Berge 22/4. Jim’s VS incorrectly has his birth year as 1822.
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	21 Jul 1832	Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway
  Death	25 Feb 1911	Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Burial	1 Mar 1911	Valders Cemetery, Valders, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Notes	He is I9633 in Jim’s VS. Jim’s notes: Han dro sammen med flere søsken til "Valdres" i Wisconsin. Iver and Gulbrand probably described their many trials in letters home, but 18 year-old Ole Olsen was undaunted, following them to America the very next hear, 1850. Ole bought land that adjoined Gulbrand's, making it possible for them to live together on Gulbrand's farmstead. Ole arrived in New York, aboard the Omen, which had sailed from Bergen, on 15 Jul 1850. He served in the Civil War as a private in the E Company of the 19th Wisconsin Infantry mustered in Green Bay on 30 Sep 1864. His grandson Albert requested a military upright marble headstone for Ole in 1941. In the 1880 census, he and his family lived in the Town of Liberty. His household was O.O., 48, Berete, 49, Antone, 16, Malla, 13, Anna, 11, Emma, 9, Andrew, 6, and Gustaff, 1. There were several other Berges born in Norway listed on the same 1880 census page: Ivar (and Sarah), 56 O.S. (and Mary), 64 Gulbran (and Mary), 52 Iver G., unmarried, uncle of Gulbran, 85 In the 1900 census, Ole and Beret and Emma and Gustan lived on their farm in Liberty. In the 1910 census, Ole is still head of household and Beret is still alive with him but their son Andrew and his wife live with them on the home farm.
  Person ID	I25293	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2017

  
  

  Father	Ola Gullikson BERGE,   b. 1791, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1881 (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Anne Ivarsdatter TUNE,   b. 1795, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1880 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F17832	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Berit Andersdatter VEFLEN,   b. 7 Sep 1831, Vang i Valdres, Oppland, Norway d. 1921, Wisconsin (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1857
  Children	1. Ole Olsen BERGE,   b. 17 Apr 1858, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 15 Jan 1914, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 55 years)   2. Anton Olsen BERGE,   b. 10 Apr 1864, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 27 May 1958, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 94 years)   3. Malla BERGE,   b. 22 Mar 1867, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 30 May 1965, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 98 years)   4. Anna BERGE,   b. Abt 1868, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin   5. Emma Marie BERGE,   b. 13 Dec 1871, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin d. 5 Mar 1946, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin (Age 74 years)   6. Anders (Andrew) BERGE,   b. 25 Feb 1874, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin   7. Gustaf BERGE,   b. Abt 1878, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
  Family ID	F17833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2017