Nels Hansson Berge

Brief Life History of Nels Hansson

When Nels Hansson Berge was born on 1 October 1868, in Luster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, his father, Hans Andersen, was 27 and his mother, Karen Kristina Nilsdotter Berge, was 25. He married Mattie May Outhouse on 14 February 1902, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 6 January 1915, in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nels Hansson Berge
1868–1915
Mattie May Outhouse
1884–1920
Marriage: 14 February 1902
John Nels Berge
1903–1945
William Hans Berge
1904–1975
Charles Marion Berge
1906–1985
May Christine Berge
1908–2005
Faun Ann Berge
1909–1956
Glen Earl Berge
1911–2007
Erma Fay Berge
1912–2013

Sources (34)

  • N H Berge, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Nels H. Berge, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Nels Hans Berge, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1869 · Gustav Vigeland

Birth year of Gustav Vigeland. Well-known Norwegian sculptor. His statues can be seen in Frogner Park in Oslo which sculpture area occupies 80 acres.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Maren, Johan, Karsten, Alf, Bent, Erik, Gudmund, Knud, Peer, Per, Sten, Thor.

Norwegian and Swedish: variant of Berg , from the dative form. As a Norwegian surname, this is a habitational name from any of numerous farms so named all over the country.

German: topographic name for a person by or on a hill, from an extended form of Berg (formerly with a preposition with dative case, e.g. am Berge).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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