Family/Spouse: Irene CHRISTIANSON. Irene was born in Valdres, WI. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Millicent BERGE
2. Oliver G. BERGE
3. Lyle BERGE

Otto married Anna Sofie LARSON on 28 Jun 1899. Anna was born on 13 Oct 1875 in Valdres, WI. USA; died in 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived US 1850 with uncle Ivar Gullikson Berge. The three Berge brothers were well established by 1856; the time had come for marriage. Ole Olsen Berge, 24, was first, marrying Berit Andersdatter Veblen on January 31, 1856 and moving onto his own farm. Then, in May, Iver Olsen Berge married Sig ri Eriksdatter Roblyey, 24, Now Gulbrand began "thinking of doing likewise". Putting action to the thought, he became angaged to Marit Olsdattter Marken, 20, who lived with her parents on a farm about one mile south of Gulbrand's. The couple too k their vorws January 31, 1857 in nearby Valders Church, Rev. Jacob A. Ottesen officiating.

Gulbrand married Marit Olsdatter MARKEN in 1856. Marit (daughter of Ole Anderssen MARKEN and Jørand Olsdatter LIEN) was born on 24 Dec 1835; died in Valdres, WI. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Berge 22/4

Notes:

Ola og Anne hadde barna: Marit (1821-), Ivar (1824-) til USA i 1849 sammen med broren Gudbrand (1826-), Torstein (1829- ) Anne (1835- ) til USA i 1854 og Berit (1837- ), Gullik (1817-) og Ambjørg (1819-) Våren 1825 var det utpanting hos Ola for gjeld til madam Hansen i Lærdal, med renter og kostnad 302 rd, og høsten 1833 ga han pantebrev til frk Susanne Hansen i Lærdal for gjeld på 279 sps. Dette er forfedrene til Hougen-Berge slekta i USA som Harvey Richard haougen har skrevet to bøker om. Den andre boka er skrevet sammen med Janie Hougen Peak. I den første boka finnes det et bilde av Ola og Anne:

"The majority of Norwegian emigrants left home with adequate funds, enough to enable them to gain to toehold in the new land. Passage alone was expensive, about 35 specie dollars to New York, the equivalent of about three years wages for a hired farm laborer. The persons who are subjects of this study paid for their passage and the trip inland, and bought land soon after arriving in America.Departures continued at several hundred per year after 1836, before jumping to 1600 in 1843. During the depression years of 1849-50 departures leaped to 4,000 a year. Then, during the 1850s, ranged between 1,600 and 6,000, reaching a new high of 8,000 in 1861, before the Civil War imposes a moratorium.

Most of the emigrants came from rural areas, especially the interior valleys. Many welcomed emigration as an alternative to leaving the ge'rd and submitting to urbanization. During the years 1846-1861, two-thirds of all emigrants came from the dis tricts of Valdres, Land, and Gudbrandsdal.

The first member of Anne Olsdatter's family to emigrate was an uncle, a halfbrother of Ole Gulliksen called Gulbrand Gulbrandsen. He took passage with his wife Marit and an infant daughter in 1848; the child died during the voyage and was buried at sea. The Gulbrandesn family bought choice land in the present town of Liberty, but had too little money to establish their farm. So Gulbrand took a job near Port Washington, on Lake Michigan, a short distance north of Milwaukee. He would save some money, then return to start his farm.

It is likely that Ole Gulliksen helped his children financially, for six of the eigth chose emigration. Only Gullik, the eldest son, who inherited the farm and daughter Ambjor, who married a husmann, stayed in Valdres. A brother and two more half-brothers of Ole Gulliksen would also find their way to Manitowoc County.

Occupation:
grb sjekk "Haugen-Berge"

Ola married Anne Ivarsdtr TUNE in 1816. Anne (daughter of Ivar Andrisson TUNE and Ambjørg Olsdtr KVIEN) was born in 1795 in Tune 36/2 Nørre, Nordigarden; died in 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also Gullicksen's wife, Anne Iversdatter, came from a bonde family who owned for many generations a nearby ga'rd called Thune. Ole Gullicksen and Anne Iversdatter had eight children, the seventh being Anne Olsdatter, probably named for her mother . Anne had been preceded by Gullik, Ambjor, Marit, Iver, Gulbrand,and Ole; followed by Berit.

Ole married Jørand Olsdatter LIEN. Jørand was born on 23 Jun 1815 in Lien Øs; died on 19 Apr 1896 in Valdres, WI. USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Occupation:
sjekk