Obit: Bergstrom,
Sophia Hansen (1877 - 1908)
Contact: Lani
Bartelt
Surnames:
Bergstrom, Hansen, Nelson, Anderson
----Sources:
Marathon County Register Newspaper (Unity, Wis.) June 26,1908
Bergstrom, Sophia
(18 Sept. 1877 - 18 June 1908)
Mrs. Oscar
Bergstrom
Mrs. Oscar
Bergstrom of Stetsonville died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Marshfield Thursday June 18th after undergoing an operation for
a growth in her side.
Sophia Hansen was
born at Christiania, Norway, Sept. 18,1877. She came to Longwood,
Clark county with her parents when a small child. When eight years
of age she came to Unity and made her home with her Uncle, Christ
Nelson and family until April 27,1904 when she was united in
marriage to Oscar Bergstrom and together they moved to Stetsonville
where Mr. Bergstrom is engaged in the hardware business.
She was taken sick
several weeks ago and was taken to the Marshfield hospital where
she underwent an operation, while confined at the hospital a son
was born, which will find a home with the deceased mother’s
sister, Mrs. Otto Anderson, of Greenwood.
Mrs. Bergstrom was
a woman possessed of the rarest womanly qualities. She was held in
the highest esteem by the many friends and acquaintances here and
at Stetsonville.
She is survived by
a husband and three children, Oscar, age three; Carl, age two: and
Edwin, age four weeks. The other relatives who mourn her departure
are her mother, Mrs. O. Hansen of Longwood; and a sister, Mrs. Otto
Anderson of Greenwood, both of whom were in attendance at the
funeral. Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Chicago and relatives of Longwood
and friends from Stetsonville and Greenwood also attended the
funeral.
The funeral was
held from the M. E. Church in this village, Sunday afternoon June
21. A large number of friends were present and assisted at the last
sad rites.
Obit:
Bergstrom, Oscar (1873 - 1914)
----Source: Cemetery photos by
Kathy Englebretson,
kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
1900 Federal Census,
Little Black, Taylor, Wisconsin, pg. 90, family 14, line 59
Oscar Bergstrom, white, married
male
Parent 1 Birthplace: Sweden
Parent 2 Birthplace: Sweden
Household Members
Head Oscar Bergstrom M 32y Sweden
Wife Sofia Bergstrom F 28y Norway
Son Oscar Bergstrom M., Wisconsin
Both Oscar and Sophia Bergstrom are buried in the
Brighton Cemetery, Unity,
Wisconsin
|
Sc. |
Name |
Location Blk/Row/Gr |
Birth |
Death |
Notes &
Military |
Spouse |
Marriage |
Parents |
|
ct |
Bergstrom, Hannah Sophia |
25/-/201 |
13 Sep 1877 |
18 Jun 1908 |
B. Christiania,
Norway |
Oscar Bergstrom |
27 Apr 1904 |
Gunereius & Olette (Sorenson)
Hansen |
|
ct |
Bergstrom, Oscar Theodore |
25/-/198 |
8 May 1873 |
14 Mar 1914 |
B. Sweden |
Sophia Hansen |
27 Apr 1904 |
Gust & Christiana (Johnson)
Bergstom |
