Extract from Washington Births, 1907-1919:
Name: Frank Bergman
Birth date: 15 Dec 1913
Location: Spokane City
Race: white
Sex: male
Father: Nathan A Bergman
Father: Elizabeth Eddy
Image filename: 1293

Extract from the 1920 Census:
Name: Frank Bergman
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: 1914
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relationship to head of house: son
Parents: Newton A and Elizabeth Bergman, ages 43 and 42
Home in 1920: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Address: 803 East Illinois Avenue
Marital status: single
Attended school since 1 Sep 1919: yes
Father's birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's birthplace: California
Father's occupation: dentist
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: Adine (age 15), David (12), Ethel (8), Ruth (4 1/12), and Richard (1 11/12)
Census place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T625_1942; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 261; Image: 436
Date: 9 Jan 1920

Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Frank E Bergman
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: 1914
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: son
Home in 1930: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Address: 803 E Illinois Avenue
Address: 803 Illinois
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Education: able to read and write
Fathers' birthplace: Massachusetts
Mothers' birthplace: California
Occupation: attending school
Siblings living at home: David N (age 22), Ethel M (18), Ruth E (14), and Richard W (12)
Census place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: 2516; Page: ; Enumeration District: 37; Image: 347.0
Date: 7 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Frank E Bergman
Age: 26
Estimated birth year: 1914
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1940: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Address: 2424 North Columbus Street
Marital status: married
Highest grade of school completed: high school 1 year
Living on farm: no
Home owned or rented: owned
Value of home: $2500
City of residence in 1935: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Father's birthplace: Sweden
Mother's birthplace: England
Occupation: machinist
Industry: iron works
Salary or wage worker: wages
Number of weeks worked in 1939: 52
Amount of money wages or salary: $1800
Has other income of more than $50: no
At work during week of March 24-30: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Has a Federal Social Security number: yes
Census place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Roll: T627_4384; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 41-15
Date: 12 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Frank Eddy Bergman
Age: 26
Birth date: 15 Dec 1913
Birth place: Spokane, Washington
Race: white
Residence: N2424 Columbus, Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Telephone: Glen 1798 M
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Evelyn Fern Bergman
Relationship: wife
Address of that person: N2424 Columbus, Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Employer: Union iron Works
Place of employment: Eld3 Montgomery, Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Height: 5 Feet 8 inches
Weight: 150
Eyes: hazel
Hair: blonde
Complexion: light
Other characteristics: none
Registration date: 16 Oct 1940

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Frank E Bergman
Age: 36
Estimated birth year: 1914
Birthplace: Washington
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Address: 2424 North Columbus Street
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: lathe operator
Industry: machine shop and general repair
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 48
Class of worker: for private employer
Census place: Spokane, Spokane, Washington
Date: 17 Apr 1950

Article from the "Tri City Herald" of Pasco, Washington dated 26 May 1960:
Frank Bergman of Spokane was electrocuted near Deer Park while trying to shake a ground squirrel out of an irrigation pipe. The pipe brushed a 7,200-volt power line while he was shaking it, Stevens County sheriff's officers said.

Article from the "Chronicle" of Spokane, Washington dated 26 May 1960:
Shock Lethal
to Valley Man
A Spokane Valley machine-shop operator was electrocuted yesterday when a piece of pipe he was holding came in contact with a 7200-volt electric transmission line.
State Patrolman Monte Robertson said Frank E. Bergman, 46, E10303 Twenty-sixth, was the victim of the accident near Benson lake in Stevens County.,
Robertson said Bergman's son-in-law, Joseph Sullivan, was burned on one foot in the accident.
Bergman, the operator of Frank's machine shop, E5708 First, and Sullivan were trying to get a squirrel out of a length of aluminum irrigation pipe when the accident occurred on the Sullivan ranch.
Bergman was a lifelong resident of Spokane and the Valley. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn, and two sons, Stephen and Richard, all at the home; his daughter, Mrs. Barbara Sullivan, Loon Lake; a brother in Seattle, and three sisters, including Mrs. Ruth Hutchins, Spokane.
The body is at Thornhill's Valley funeral home.

Obituary from the "Spokesman-Review" of Spokane, Washington dated 27 May 1960:
F. Bergman's
Last Rites Tomorrow
Funeral service for Frank Bergman, 46, Spokane Valley rnachinery designer, will be tomorrow at 11 a.m. at Thornhill Valley funeral home. Cremation will follow.
Mr. Bergman was killed at a ranch near Benson lake in Stevens county Wednesday when an aluminum pipe he was holding came in contact with a high voltage power line.
Proprietor of Frank's Machine shop, E5708 First, Mr. Bergman designed a number of machines in use by area firms including a machine for fabricating continuous, welded seam aluminum irrigation pipe. He was a member of the Spokane County Sheriff's Posse and a lifetime resident of Spokane and the Valley.
Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Evelyn Bergman at the home, E10303 Twenty-sixth; two sons, Steven and Richard Bergman, both at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Barbara Sullivan, Loon Lake, Wash.; a brother, Richard Bergman, Seattle; three sisters, Mrs. Dean Morgan, Lewiston, Idaho; Mrs. Ethel Hockett, Seattle, and Mrs. Ruth Hutchins, Spokane.

Article from the "Daily Chronicle" of Spokane, Washington dated 6 Oct 1960:
Value Reported
Frank E. Bergman, who died at Loon Lake, Wash., last May 25, left a community estate valued at $85,399, according to an inventory on file in superior court today.
Largest asset in the estate was a $22,754 contract.
In a will filed earlier, Bergman left his interest in the estate to his wife, Evelyn F. Bergman.

He married Evelyn Fern Pettis 14 Feb 1933 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington.