Bertha Thorvaldsdottir

Other Events:

• Census: 1910, Loam Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota
• Census: 1920, Benson County, North Dakota

Notes:

Bertha's parents did not emigrate with her from Iceland. Bertha Thorvaldsdottir was accompanied by her male cousin Dory Asgrimson on the trip from Iceland to Winnipeg.

Died:
Benson County Farmers' Press obituary dated February 8, 1968:

Mrs. Bertha Peterson, 91 Died Sunday at Maddock

Funeral for Mrs. Adolph (Bertha) Peterson, 91, of Minnewaukan, will be Thursday, Feb. 8, 2pm from Wheeler Funeral Chapel, Maddock.

Mrs. Peterson died Sunday evening in Maddock Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for the past 8 years.

Wheeler Funeral Home of Maddock is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Bertha Thorvaldson was born June 8, 1776 (!sic), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thorvald Thorvaldson in Iceland. She came to Canada in 1893, with her parents (sic) to Winnipeg. In 1894, she came to the United States, to the community of Mountain, N. D., where she met and married Adolph Peterson.

The couple homesteaded in the Vang community. In 1919 they moved to Minnewaukan. Mr. Peterson died in May, 1941.

Surviving are two daughters: Mrs. Al (Lenore) Fix and Mrs. Adam (Lily) Hecker, both of Minot; five sons, Laurence, Carl, and Olaf, all of Minnewaukan, Hans of Sheyenne, and Leon of Polson, Mont., 30 grandchildren, 44 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great grandchildren.

Preceding her in death besides her husband were two daughters, four sons, a brother, and two sisters.

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From Vang Reporter

Early Resident of Vang Dies

Funeral services for Mrs. Adolph Peterson of Minnewaukan, an early Vang community resident, were held February 8 at the Wheeler Funeral Chapel in Maddock. Burial will be in the Vang cemetery plot in the spring. Mrs. Peterson died February 4, 1968 after an illness of eight years.

Bertha Thorwaldson was born June 8, 1876, in Iceland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thorwald Thorwaldson. She came to Canada (in) 1893. The following year she came to the Mountain community, where she married Adolph Peterson. The couple homesteaded in the Vang area until 1919, when they moved to Minnewaukan, N. Dak. Mr. Peterson died in May, 1941. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Al Fix and Mrs. Adam Hecker, both of Minot, and five sons, Laurence, Carl, and Ole, all of Minnewaukan, Hans of Sheyenne, and Leon of Polson, Montana, 30 grandchildren, 44 great grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceeded in death by two daughters, four sons, a brother and two sisters. Two nephews and one niece live in Walhalla community. They are Emil and Ole K. Olson and Rena Olson.

Family/Spouse: Adolph Peterson. Adolph (son of Ole "Olaf" Pederson and Karen | Caroline Nilsdotter | Hanson) was born on 21 Apr 1865 in Arteid farm, Sørum parish, Akershus County, Norway; was christened on 05 Jun 1865 in Frogner church, Sørum parish, Akershus County, Norway; died on 28 May 1941 in Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Cemetery, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Edwin Peterson was born on 17 Oct 1895 in Vang, Cavalier County, North Dakota; died on 30 Dec 1961 in Maddock, North Dakota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Cemetery, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
2. Olaf Thorvold Peterson was born on 27 Aug 1897 in Near Vang, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota; died on 15 Jul 1970 in Maddock, North Dakota.
3. Lawrence Adolph Peterson was born on 16 Oct 1899 in Near Vang, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
4. Charlie Peterson was born in 1901.
5. Evelina Peterson was born on 28 Jun 1903; died on 18 Apr 1905; was buried in Vang Lutheran Cemetery, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
6. Leon Walger Peterson was born on 1 May 1905 in near Vang, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota; died on 9 Jan 1976 in Polson, Montana; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Polson, Montana.
7. Hans Gilbert Peterson was born on 22 Aug 1907 in Vang, Cavalier County, North Dakota; died in Sep 1978; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne, North Dakota.
8. Teman Peterson
9. Lenore Bertina Peterson was born about 1908 in Vang, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
10. Willy Peterson was born on 26 Apr 1913 in Vang, Cavalier County, North Dakota; died on 13 May 1935 in Devil's Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota; was buried in Vang Lutheran Cemetery, Hope Township, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
11. Aster Lily Peterson was born in in Vang, Cavalier County, North Dakota.
12. Stillborn Peterson