Ole Nielson BERGH

1842 - 1922  (80 years)

• Name	Ole Nielson BERGH
  Birth	13 Mar 1842	Næsseim, Nærstrands, Rogaland, Norway
  	Næsheimsvig on island of Bjergøy
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	10 Apr 1842	Næsseim, Nærstrands, Rogaland, Norway
  Confirmation	12 Oct 1856	Næsseim, Nærstrands, Rogaland, Norway
  MN Death Cert Checked	Y
  Minnesota Death Certificate	1922-MN-002249
  Occupation	Lutheran Clergyman
  Death	25 Sep 1922	Chippewa County, Minnesota
  Notes	Referred to as Nilson Ole Bergh on Luthard’s death certificate. Ole is not listed with his family in the 1865 Norwegian census. Birth information from Hermund. According to his wife’s brother’s notes, maintained in the family by Hermund, Ole departed Norway on Friday, October 23, 1874, at 4:00 PM. He departed Stavanger for Hull aboard the feeder ship Argo after having been brought over to Stavanger from Mosterøy by his future brother-in-law, David Nicolaison. At this point, Ole was engaged to Tabitha and she would apparently depart later for the U.S. According to one of his great-grandsons, there were two Ole Nilsons who were pastors within the Evangelical Norwegian Luthern Church in Minnesota. This Ole added the surname Bergh as a way to differentiate himself and get his mail. One of Hermund’s sources says that Ole studied for a year at Augsburg before being sent out to Yellow Medicine County. A history of Norwegian Lutheran pastors in America has this entry for Ole: Berg, Ole Nilsen. Ord. 1875. Konferentsen, 1875—90, Forenede kirke, 90—96, Frikirken, 97—. F. i Sjernerø, Ryfylke, Kristiansand, 13 mars 1842, af Nils O. Næsheim og Lisbeth O. (f. Jelsa), frekv. Hjelmeland sem., 60 — 62, Kristiansand sem., 64 — 66 (seminarist), udv. 74, frekv. Augsburg Sem., 74—75 (C.T.), prest, Montevideo (Camp Release, St. Petri og Brønø mghdr. osv.). Minn., 75—83, Audubon, Minn., 83—05, Climax, Minn., 05— visitator, 89—93. *Tabitha N. Edland, 75. Shown as Ole N., age 37, in the 1880 census. The family was living in the town of Lisbon, Yellow Medicine County and consisted of Ole, Tobitta, 26, Eliza, 4, and Constance, 2. The family was living in Becker County, Audubon Township, Minnesota, at the time of the 1885 Minnesota State Census. Also apparently living with the family were 3 native-born Norwegian women: Inga L. Aarstad, 14; Elisabel Enokson, 30; and Bertel Vaagedahl, 28. They were still in Becker County, Audubon Twp, at the time of the 1895 Minnesota census. O.N. had been in Minnesota for 19 years and 4 months and had been in the enumeration district for 11 years, 10 months. The family was still living in Audubon, Becker County, in the 1900 census. The family (Manda and Gerhard were still living at home) was in Climax, Vineland Twp, Polk County in the 1910 census. Living at 118 North 5th Street in Montevideo in the 1920 census. The family is Ole N., 77, Tabetie, 65, and Manda, daughter, 30. Ole is a pastor in the Norwegian Lutheran Church and Manda is a clerk at a doctor’s office. O. N. emigrated in 1874. He was a Free Church pastor who began his ministry in 1876. He was the fourth pastor of the Ringsaker Lutheran Free Church of rural Buxton, Belmont Twp, Traill County, North Dakota. That congregation was organized in 1891. His stay in North Dakota must have been brief. His son-in-law Ludwig Lima was his doctor and was the informant for his death certificate. Ole died from Bright’s disease and heart lesions. He had lived in Montevideo for six years and died at 118 N 4th. His parents were Nils Nilson and Elizabeth Olson.
  Person ID	I8157	Don Carlson's Tree
  Last Modified	5 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Niels Olson,   b. 26 Jan 1812, Næsseim, Nærstrands, Rogaland, Norway
  Mother	Lisabeth Olsdatter,   b. Abt 1815, Jelse, Rogaland, Norway
  Family ID	F14464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Tabithe Nicolaisdatter EDLAND,   b. 26 Jan 1854, Gjesdal, Lye, Rogaland, Norway d. 7 Jan 1928, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1875	Hennepin County, Minnesota
  	Indexed in MOMS as Ole Nilsen Berg and Fabitha N Edland. They were married in Trinity Lutheran Church in Minneapolis according to one of Hermund’s family sources.
  Children	1. Elise BERGH,   b. 16 Jun 1876, Minnesota d. 29 Jul 1951, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky (Age 75 years)   2. Constance BERGH,   b. 17 Aug 1878, Minnesota d. 7 Jan 1952, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington (Age 73 years)   3. Luthard Noble BERGH,   b. 27 Sep 1880, Minnesota d. 2 Jun 1948, Montevideo, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 67 years)   4. Inger BERGH,   b. 25 Sep 1883, Minnesota d. 23 Dec 1975, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 92 years)   5. Nanda BERGH,   b. 5 Dec 1885, Audubon, Becker County, Minnesota d. 1 Apr 1957, Chippewa County, Minnesota (Age 71 years)   6. Nicolai Sverre BERGH,   b. 1888   d. 1888 (Age 0 years)   7. Gerhardt Nicholas BERGH,   b. 18 May 1890, Audubon, Becker County, Minnesota d. 18 Mar 1946, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F6180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2013