Climbing the family tree
I have become the family historian for both my nuclear and my extended family. In my father’s generation, the family … Continue reading Climbing the family tree
Category: Parke
We’re all Mjangers!
My great-grandfather, Berge Rognaldsen Duesund, was originally named Berge Rognaldsen Mjanger. In Norway, it was customary to name children after … Continue reading We’re all Mjangers!
Our Uncle Hal
My dad, Robert William Bergeson, and his two brothers, Harold Parke Bergeson and Norman Bernhard Bergeson, were born in Chicago … Continue reading Our Uncle Hal
The transatlantic crossings of our immigrant families
A quarter of my ancestors’ families first arrived in North America in the early to mid-18th century. My paternal grandmother … Continue reading The transatlantic crossings of our immigrant families
300 miles in a covered wagon
from Iowa to South Dakota Continue reading 300 miles in a covered wagon
Great-uncle Leroy survived a tornado
even though the family home was destroyed. Continue reading Great-uncle Leroy survived a tornado
The Redfield boys joined the Union Army
and only one came home. Continue reading The Redfield boys joined the Union Army
