 1826 - 1893 (66 years)
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| Name |
Martha Larsdatter |
| Suffix |
Berge |
| Birth |
29 Jul 1826 |
Berge  [4] |
| Christening |
30 Jul 1826 |
Berge [4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
25 Jan 1893 |
Palestine Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA |
| Person ID |
I77904 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2009 |
| Family |
Lars Halvarsen, Tesdahl, b. 10 Oct 1828, Tesdal G d. 28 Apr 1888, Palestine Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA (Age 59 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Apr 1854 |
Etne, Hordaland, Norway [5] |
- Lars and Martha were married in the spring of 1854; that summer they
sailed for the United States of America. Lars had lived on a small
farm. He had been instructed in the Lutheran faith, but his schooling
was limited. He could read and figure well, but as a child he could
not write. Martha's schooling was also limited; but she had become
skilled as a seamstress, tailoring men's clothing.
In the summer of 1854, they arrived in Lisbon, Illinois. That fall
they made arrangements to purchase a tract of land in central Iowa. On
May 17, 1855, in company with 104 persons of the Lisbon community,
they started across the prairie with their belongings. There were 21
families, a widow and five young men. Personal belongings were packed
into covered wagons drawn by 18 span of oxen and six teams of horses;
and a single horse was hitched to a spring wagon. A herd of cattle
completed the group. They reached their destination on June 7, 1855,
spending the first night in the open, about one-half mile north of
where the Palestine Lutheran Church now stands. The following Sunday
morning they formed a circle with their wagons to give thanks for a
successful journey over a strange trail of some 300 miles.
The first building in the colony was a temporary church; an open
hayshed. The eighty acres which our grandparents had purchased from
the government for $1.25 an acre is located about two miles southwest
of Cambridge, Iowa; South
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| Children |
| | 1. Oliver L Tesdahl, b. 15 Sep 1855, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. Aug 1927 (Age 71 years) |
| | 2. Lars L Tesdahl, b. 9 Sep 1857, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 7 Feb 1942 (Age 84 years) |
| | 3. Isabelle Karoline Tesdahl, b. 29 Dec 1859, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 4 Jan 1944 (Age 84 years) |
| | 4. Andrew Tesdahl, b. 21 May 1861, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 6 Feb 1934 (Age 72 years) |
| | 5. Caroline (Carrie) Tesdahl, b. 24 Jun 1862, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 10 Nov 1944 (Age 82 years) |
| | 6. Anna Tesdahl, b. 24 Jun 1864, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 8 Dec 1917 (Age 53 years) |
| | 7. Helen (Nellie) Tesdahl, b. 16 Jun 1865, Cambridge, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 18 Jan 1925, Stuart, Guthrie Co, Iowa, USA (Age 59 years) |
| | 8. Martha (Mattie) Tesdahl, b. 26 May 1867, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 9. Inger Ida Tesdahl, b. 8 Oct 1869, Union Twp, Story Co, Iowa, USA d. 11 Mar 1950 (Age 80 years) |
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| Family ID |
F35144 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
4 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- 1870 Census lists occupation as Keeping House. Does not indicate
illiteracy.
1880 Census indicates she cannot write.
BIOGRAPHY: Martha Berg was born Martha Larsdotter on 29 July 1826 to
Lars Pedersen and Ingeborg Svensdatter, who were "Huusfolk p
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| Sources |
- [S1868] Kyrkjebok.
- [S1866] Ancestral File.
- [S1824] Dyrvik, St, Etnesoga, (AS Verbum Grafiske, Stavanger, Norway, Etne Kommune, 1995), Berge 25h, Tesdal 134 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1868] Kyrkjebok, p. 60, entry 26 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1842] Personal Communication, The Lars and Martha Tesdahl Clan (Reliability: 3).
: this edition, edited and compiled by Vern A Panzer, was collated from the original first history and supplements issued after that. Some additional material was also received and incorporated into this edition. Additional material and corrections can be sent to the editor at 318 N Russell, Ames, IA 50010.
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