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Born 1860
From History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916)
OLE A. BERG.
Ole A. Berg is a native of Norway, born on September 5, t86o. Mr. Berg is a son of Arne Christensen Berg and Marie Olson Hoi, both of whom were born, reared, married, and died in Norway.
Ole A. Berg, after emigrating from Norway to the United Statein [886 settled near Battle Lake, in Otter Tail county. Minnesota.
In [890 Ole A. Berg was married to Carolina Vidness, who was born in Norway in 1875, and who is a daughter of Johannes Vidness and wife. Mrs. Berg's parents emigrated from their native land to America about r88o locating near Battle Lake. Minnesota, where they still live.
In 1902 Mr. Berg purchased the farm in Sverdrup township where they now live.
Mr and Mrs. Berg are the parents of ten children, as follow: Josephine. Mabel, Karen. Christian, Florence, Johannes, Arne (deceased), Arne, Else and Laura.
Mr. Merg: and family are members of the Lutheran church.
As printed in History of Otter Tail County, Minnesota : its people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1916). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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