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Family Timeline
April 10, 1912 - Axel and Jessie were married at
her parent's home in Hoff Township, Pope County, Minnesota.
November 21, 1912 - Their oldest child, Florence Marian Adeline Berg,
was born in Starbuck, Pope County, Minnesota.
February 11, 1913 - Florence was
baptized by Rev. B. E. Walters. The sponsors
were the parents and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Berg, the paternal
grandparents.
May 29, 1916 - Their second child, Violet Bernice Lucille Berg, was
born near Cyrus in Stevens County,
Minnesota.
April 28, 1917 - Their youngest child, Merlin Francis Berg, was born
near Cyrus in Stevens County,
Minnesota.
October 21, 1917 - Merlin was baptized by C. A. Lindahl at the parental
home. The sponsors were the parents and Victor and Lillie
Runquist.
September 12, 1918 - When Axel registered for the draft, his address
was
Rt. #3 Hancock, Stevens County. He was 44 years old with a
birthday of August 2. He was a self-employed farmer. His
nearest relative was Hannah L. Berg, Rt. 2 Starbuck,
Pope County.
He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and light brown
hair. NOTE: It seems strange that he would list his sister
as his nearest relative when he was already married. Equally
strange is that he used his sister's maiden name instead of her married
name and her middle initial was not "L". Her name was actually
Carolina Johanna, but she went by Hannah. Most strange of all is
that his sister died in 1914.
January 3, 1920 - The Berg family was living in Hodges Township,
Stevens County, Minnesota.
- Axel, 44 years old, was born in Michigan
and could read,
write, and speak English. He was farming a home farm on his own
account.
- Jessie, 26 years old, was born in Minnesota
and could read, write, and speak English.
- Florence, 7 years old, was born in
Minnesota, could read, write, speak English, and had attended school.
- Violet, 3 7/12 years old, was born in
Minnesota and could speak English.
- Merlin, 2 8/12 years old, was born in
Minnesota.
December 6, 1929
During her junior year of high school, Florence
performed in a one act play called "The Opal Necklace" playing the part
of Mrs. Jones. This play was part of the Junior Chautauqua.
1930 - They lived on a rented farm in Glenwood Township, Pope
County, Minnesota. They did not own a radio.
- Axle A. was 55 years old and had been
married for the first
time at the age of 37. He could read and write and had been born
in Michigan. He was working on his own account and was not a
veteran.
- Jessie R. was 36 and had been married for
the first time at
the age of 18. She was born in Minnesota and could read and
write.
- Florence M. was 17, could read and write,
and had been born in Minnesota.
- Violet B. was 13, could read and write, and
had been born in Minnesota.
- Merlyn F. was 12, could read and write, and
had been born in Minnesota.
May 29, 1931
Florence
graduated from Glenwood High School. Commencement was held at the
Glenwood Theatre. The Minnewaskan for the Class of 1931 shows her
motto was "A good and willing worker." She took the academic
course and participated in Orio, Class Play, and Latin Club. The
Prophecy section of that yearbook speculated what various students
would be doing in 10 or 15 years in the future including the following
excerpt: "Florence Berg and 'Swanee' have had a most thriving
osteopathic business since they started advertising their 'rub downs.' "
May 4, 1933
August Axel Berg passed away at his home in Villard
after a lingering illness due to carcinoma of the stomach, for the last
year with metastases to the liver and surrounding tissues for an
unknown amount of time, on Thursday,
May 4 at 7:45 a.m. At the time of his death he was 58 years, 9
months, and two days old. He had been in the care of Dr. Edward
M. Elsey, Glenwood, since February 14. Dr. Elsey had seen him the
day previous to his death.
May 7, 1933
Funeral services were conducted for Axel Berg, Villard, Sunday May 7 at the home of his brother, Eddie L. Berg, in Blue Mounds
at 2:30 p. m., and at the Bethany Lutheran church at 3 p. m.
Reverand A. L. Chell officiated. Sacred solos were sung by Mrs.
A. G. J. Anderson, "Thy Will Be Done" with Ethel Johnson as her
accompanist, and by Mrs. A. L. Chell, "Rock of Ages" accompanied by
Josephine Runquist.
Those from a distance attending the services included Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Berg, Mr. and Mrs. Claus Berg and family, Helen and Roy Berg,
Minneapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Axel Nelson and Ruth, Grove City; Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lantz and two sons and Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Reese of Villard.
Interment was made in the Bethany Swedish cemetery. Pallbearers were five brothers, John, Eddie, Alfred, Theodore, Claus, and his brother-in-law, Levi Reese.
The undertaker was H. J. Berry and the sexton of the cemetery was E. L. Berg.
1933 - Florence graduated from St.
Cloud Normal School. The 1933 Talahi tells us that during her
time there she participated in the Art Club, Lutheran Students
Association, and Yo-Hi, an organization for girls who lived outside of
the dormitories.
May 27, 1934 - Violet graduated from Villard High School.
1937 - Merlin graduated from Villard High School.
June 21, 1937 - Jessie married William Hancock in Kasson, Dodge County,
Minnesota.
June 19, 1938 - Jessie died in Glenwood at the age of 44 from carcinoma
of the colon.
June 29, 1938 - Jessie
was buried in the Bethany Lutheran Cemetery,
rural
Starbuck, following a funeral at the Methodist church.
Florence
 Florence
married Stephen W. Woodley on September 18, 1943, in Minneapolis,
Hennepin County,
Minnesota. Steve was stationed at Fort Snelling at that time.
Steve was born December 18, 1900, in London,
England. He came
with his parents, Stanley and Annie, and sister Violet, to Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan Province, Canada as a small boy. He died on July 20,
1980, in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona at the age of 79. He
is buried in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.
Florence died December 21, 1983, also in Phoenix,
at the age of 71.
She was cremated at the Greenwood Crematory and buried Decemeber 24,
1983, in the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in
Phoenix. The cause of her death was artheriosclerotic heart
disease.
Florence had no children.
Vi
Vi
married first Joseph F. Tholen on January 29,
1939, in Wayzata, Hennepin County, Minnesota. They were divorced
in 1957. Joe was born October 4, 1910 in Cologne, Carver County,
Minnesota. His parents were John and Sophia Tholen. Joe
worked as a dental technician making dentures and related items.
He died
on March 22, 1978, in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. He
is buried at Cologne.
Next, Vi married Stanley Raymond Peterson in April 1962 in
Huron, Beadle County, South Dakota on their way to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stan was born August 16, 1905, in Langdon, Cavalier County, North
Dakota to Andrew and Christina Peterson. He died on April 30,
1971, in Robbinsdale, Hennepin
County, Minnesota at the age of 65. He was buried on May 3, 1971,
in Crystal Lake Cemetery in Minneapolis. The cause of his death
was amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Vi's third marriage was to Samuel J. Ewing on
April 3, 1974, in
Minnesota. Sam was born April 29, 1913, in Glenwood, Pope
County,
MN to John and Margaret Ewing. He died November 17, 1985, in Sun
City, Maricopa
County, AZ. He was buried November 21, 1985, in the Hillside
Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Vi died May 19, 1981, in Sun City, AZ. She was buried in Sunland
Memorial Park in Sun City, AZ.
Vi had no children.
Bud
 Merlin
went by the nickname Bud throughout his lifetime. When his
mother's brother, Percy, came back from WWI, he spent some time with
the family. Merlin was a little tike and followed Percy
everywhere he
went. He became known as Uncle Percy's little buddy, later
shortened to Bud.
Bud
married Doris Irene Chandler on
August 15, 1942, in Dothan, Houston
County, AL at the Episcopal church. They met at Ft. Lewis, WA
when Bud was stationed
there. Doris lived with the Jessup family in Olympia providing
nanny services and also worked in the Office of the Secretary of State
for the State of Washington. Reverand Jessup led the Episcopal
congregation in Olympia. Bud and Doris met at a dance at Ft.
Lewis. Bud bought Doris a soda, and while they sat across
from each other in a booth, he spilled the soda on her dress so that
she would have to sit and talk to him while it dried. He proposed
to her on his 25th birthday, and left soon after for Camp Rucker,
Alabama. In
August, Doris took the bus to Alabama and they were married the day
after her arrival.
Doris was born on July 19, 1919 in Orondo, Douglas County, WA.
Her parents were Earl Baxter Chandler and
Emma Elizabeth Sonney.
She died on October 3, 1994, in Coon Rapids, Anoka County, MN.
Doris was buried in Bethany Lutheran Cemetery,
rural Starbuck on
October 7, 1994. The cause of her death was cardiomyopathy.
Bud died on December 28, 1999, in Albert Lea, Freeborn County,
MN.
He was buried on December 31, 1999, in Bethany
Lutheran Cemetery,
The cause of his death was non-hodgkin lymphoma.
Bud and Doris had 3 children, all of whom are still alive.
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