the mystery of Olive Berg b 1891.05
Started by tmafarrell · 2010-05-23
tmafarrell · 2010-05-23#1
her parents were listed on the 1900 & 1910 census in chicago, il, as jens and karen berg (actually born karen trulsdatter & jens samuelsen).
however, her parents would have been about 54 and 58 respectively. so, i somehow doubt that.
i have a suspicion that she may have been a child of one of jens and karen's daughters, born out of wedlock.
the children of jens and karen berg are:
ole & anna b 1862.12.11 oslo, norway
caroline b 1865.08.30 oslo, norway
ragnhild b 1869.06.13 oslo, norway
robert b 1872.06 mn, usa
anna married ludwig kallak in 1885 and had 6 children.
no idea what became of ole, but i suspect not a male.
caroline married in 1904 and had a daughter (my ggrandmother)
robert married ida johnson 1892 and had 10 children
i suspect ragnhild. i don't have any information about her marrying. it's just a hunch.
my ggrandmother refered to olive (ollie) as her cousin (which would be correct- but the census lists her as her grandparents daughter, ie her aunt).
i was hoping that there might be some descendants here who might know the story.
robert and anna both had large families, so i thought there might be some hope of finding their offspring.