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Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Tollef Golberg November 12 1829 -
File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth [email protected] March 10, 2005,
Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota
TOLLEF GOLBERG, one of the earliest settlers in Olmsted county, was born in Norway, November 12, 1829, a son of Ole and Carrie Golberg. Both parents came to America May 17, 1851, resided here several years, and now lie at rest in St. Olaf's Cemetery. Tollef Golberg was educated in the Lutheran schools of his native country, but early in life conceived the idea that greater chances for success existed in America, and accordingly immigrated to the United States and located in what is now Rock Dell township, Olmsted county, Minnesota. This portion of the country was as yet unsurveyed, and Mr. Golberg squatted on section 10. When the government surveyors started work on Rock Dell township, he assisted them in running the lines for that and adjoining townships. On May 3, 1852, he married Miss Carrie Nelson Giere, of Iowa, and to them the following children were born: Carrie, born January 17, 1853 (now deceased), who became the wife of Louis Erickson, a farmer of Rock Dell township; Ole, born September 29, 1854, being the first male child born in the county; Mary was the wife of Ole Skjervern (now deceased), a Rock Dell farmer; Bertha J. married Carl Jeglun, a Dodge county farmer; Nels, married to Julia I. Larson, and farming in section 11; Olina, the wife of B. 0. Roe, of Dodge county, and the mother of thirteen children; and Caroline, wife of Peter Johnson, of Wisconsin, had five children. After spending many happy years in Rock Dell township, surrounded by many loving friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Golberg were summoned to the Great Unknown, and now lie peacefully at rest in the family lot in the
United Lutheran Cemetery. The death of Mr. Golberg cast a gloom over the entire community where he had lived for so many years, and his funeral was one of the largest known to this section of the country. Ole, the second named child above, was the first to be baptized in East St. Olaf's Church, and for this reason and the fact that his grandfather was the first settler in the county, the parish was named St. Olaf's. Ole is now a member of the United Lutheran church and was one of its founders.
He and family withdrew from St. Olaf's in 1889 and have since affiliated with the former organization. In 1875 he purchased the old homestead and five years later was united in marriage with Miss Serina Roe, who was born December 12, 1862 the daughter of a Dodge county pioneer, and to this union have been born the following children: : Tollef, born in 1882, and died same year; Oscar, born in 1883, and also died same year; Theodore C., born August 12, 1884, deceased 1889; Otto M., born June 18, 1887; Clara, born January 23, 1890, now teaching; George T., born
December 2, 1892, at home; Obert Selmer, born September 29, 1895, died in infancy; Selmer L., born May 5, 1898; Ruth C., born August 16, 1904. In 1882 Mr. Golberg and wife adopted Lydia Strum and have reared her as their own daughter. The Golberg family is one of the oldest and most
highly respected in this portion of the county, and have been uniformly successful in whatever line of endeavor they have undertaken.
Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many of its pioneers, citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1910.
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/mnbios/
Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Tollef Golberg November 12 1829 -
File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth [email protected] March 10, 2005,
Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota
TOLLEF GOLBERG, one of the earliest settlers in Olmsted county, was born in Norway, November 12, 1829, a son of Ole and Carrie Golberg. Both parents came to America May 17, 1851, resided here several years, and now lie at rest in St. Olaf's Cemetery. Tollef Golberg was educated in the Lutheran schools of his native country, but early in life conceived the idea that greater chances for success existed in America, and accordingly immigrated to the United States and located in what is now Rock Dell township, Olmsted county, Minnesota. This portion of the country was as yet unsurveyed, and Mr. Golberg squatted on section 10. When the government surveyors started work on Rock Dell township, he assisted them in running the lines for that and adjoining townships. On May 3, 1852, he married Miss Carrie Nelson Giere, of Iowa, and to them the following children were born: Carrie, born January 17, 1853 (now deceased), who became the wife of Louis Erickson, a farmer of Rock Dell township; Ole, born September 29, 1854, being the first male child born in the county; Mary was the wife of Ole Skjervern (now deceased), a Rock Dell farmer; Bertha J. married Carl Jeglun, a Dodge county farmer; Nels, married to Julia I. Larson, and farming in section 11; Olina, the wife of B. 0. Roe, of Dodge county, and the mother of thirteen children; and Caroline, wife of Peter Johnson, of Wisconsin, had five children. After spending many happy years in Rock Dell township, surrounded by many loving friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Golberg were summoned to the Great Unknown, and now lie peacefully at rest in the family lot in the
United Lutheran Cemetery. The death of Mr. Golberg cast a gloom over the entire community where he had lived for so many years, and his funeral was one of the largest known to this section of the country. Ole, the second named child above, was the first to be baptized in East St. Olaf's Church, and for this reason and the fact that his grandfather was the first settler in the county, the parish was named St. Olaf's. Ole is now a member of the United Lutheran church and was one of its founders.
He and family withdrew from St. Olaf's in 1889 and have since affiliated with the former organization. In 1875 he purchased the old homestead and five years later was united in marriage with Miss Serina Roe, who was born December 12, 1862 the daughter of a Dodge county pioneer, and to this union have been born the following children: : Tollef, born in 1882, and died same year; Oscar, born in 1883, and also died same year; Theodore C., born August 12, 1884, deceased 1889; Otto M., born June 18, 1887; Clara, born January 23, 1890, now teaching; George T., born
December 2, 1892, at home; Obert Selmer, born September 29, 1895, died in infancy; Selmer L., born May 5, 1898; Ruth C., born August 16, 1904. In 1882 Mr. Golberg and wife adopted Lydia Strum and have reared her as their own daughter. The Golberg family is one of the oldest and most
highly respected in this portion of the county, and have been uniformly successful in whatever line of endeavor they have undertaken.
Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many of its pioneers, citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1910.
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/mnbios/
SP. KARI GIERE
Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Tollef Golberg November 12 1829 -
File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth [email protected] March 10, 2005,
Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota
TOLLEF GOLBERG, one of the earliest settlers in Olmsted county, was born in Norway, November 12, 1829, a son of Ole and Carrie Golberg. Both parents came to America May 17, 1851, resided here several years, and now lie at rest in St. Olaf's Cemetery. Tollef Golberg was educated in the Lutheran schools of his native country, but early in life conceived the idea that greater chances for success existed in America, and accordingly immigrated to the United States and located in what is now Rock Dell township, Olmsted county, Minnesota. This portion of the country was as yet unsurveyed, and Mr. Golberg squatted on section 10. When the government surveyors started work on Rock Dell township, he assisted them in running the lines for that and adjoining townships. On May 3, 1852, he married Miss Carrie Nelson Giere, of Iowa, and to them the following children were born: Carrie, born January 17, 1853 (now deceased), who became the wife of Louis Erickson, a farmer of Rock Dell township; Ole, born September 29, 1854, being the first male child born in the county; Mary was the wife of Ole Skjervern (now deceased), a Rock Dell farmer; Bertha J. married Carl Jeglun, a Dodge county farmer; Nels, married to Julia I. Larson, and farming in section 11; Olina, the wife of B. 0. Roe, of Dodge county, and the mother of thirteen children; and Caroline, wife of Peter Johnson, of Wisconsin, had five children. After spending many happy years in Rock Dell township, surrounded by many loving friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Golberg were summoned to the Great Unknown, and now lie peacefully at rest in the family lot in the
United Lutheran Cemetery. The death of Mr. Golberg cast a gloom over the entire community where he had lived for so many years, and his funeral was one of the largest known to this section of the country. Ole, the second named child above, was the first to be baptized in East St. Olaf's Church, and for this reason and the fact that his grandfather was the first settler in the county, the parish was named St. Olaf's. Ole is now a member of the United Lutheran church and was one of its founders.
He and family withdrew from St. Olaf's in 1889 and have since affiliated with the former organization. In 1875 he purchased the old homestead and five years later was united in marriage with Miss Serina Roe, who was born December 12, 1862 the daughter of a Dodge county pioneer, and to this union have been born the following children: : Tollef, born in 1882, and died same year; Oscar, born in 1883, and also died same year; Theodore C., born August 12, 1884, deceased 1889; Otto M., born June 18, 1887; Clara, born January 23, 1890, now teaching; George T., born
December 2, 1892, at home; Obert Selmer, born September 29, 1895, died in infancy; Selmer L., born May 5, 1898; Ruth C., born August 16, 1904. In 1882 Mr. Golberg and wife adopted Lydia Strum and have reared her as their own daughter. The Golberg family is one of the oldest and most
highly respected in this portion of the county, and have been uniformly successful in whatever line of endeavor they have undertaken.
Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many of its pioneers, citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1910.
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/mnbios/
Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....Tollef Golberg November 12 1829 -
File contributed for Minnesota Biographies Project by:
Mike Oiseth [email protected] March 10, 2005,
Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota
TOLLEF GOLBERG, one of the earliest settlers in Olmsted county, was born in Norway, November 12, 1829, a son of Ole and Carrie Golberg. Both parents came to America May 17, 1851, resided here several years, and now lie at rest in St. Olaf's Cemetery. Tollef Golberg was educated in the Lutheran schools of his native country, but early in life conceived the idea that greater chances for success existed in America, and accordingly immigrated to the United States and located in what is now Rock Dell township, Olmsted county, Minnesota. This portion of the country was as yet unsurveyed, and Mr. Golberg squatted on section 10. When the government surveyors started work on Rock Dell township, he assisted them in running the lines for that and adjoining townships. On May 3, 1852, he married Miss Carrie Nelson Giere, of Iowa, and to them the following children were born: Carrie, born January 17, 1853 (now deceased), who became the wife of Louis Erickson, a farmer of Rock Dell township; Ole, born September 29, 1854, being the first male child born in the county; Mary was the wife of Ole Skjervern (now deceased), a Rock Dell farmer; Bertha J. married Carl Jeglun, a Dodge county farmer; Nels, married to Julia I. Larson, and farming in section 11; Olina, the wife of B. 0. Roe, of Dodge county, and the mother of thirteen children; and Caroline, wife of Peter Johnson, of Wisconsin, had five children. After spending many happy years in Rock Dell township, surrounded by many loving friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Golberg were summoned to the Great Unknown, and now lie peacefully at rest in the family lot in the
United Lutheran Cemetery. The death of Mr. Golberg cast a gloom over the entire community where he had lived for so many years, and his funeral was one of the largest known to this section of the country. Ole, the second named child above, was the first to be baptized in East St. Olaf's Church, and for this reason and the fact that his grandfather was the first settler in the county, the parish was named St. Olaf's. Ole is now a member of the United Lutheran church and was one of its founders.
He and family withdrew from St. Olaf's in 1889 and have since affiliated with the former organization. In 1875 he purchased the old homestead and five years later was united in marriage with Miss Serina Roe, who was born December 12, 1862 the daughter of a Dodge county pioneer, and to this union have been born the following children: : Tollef, born in 1882, and died same year; Oscar, born in 1883, and also died same year; Theodore C., born August 12, 1884, deceased 1889; Otto M., born June 18, 1887; Clara, born January 23, 1890, now teaching; George T., born
December 2, 1892, at home; Obert Selmer, born September 29, 1895, died in infancy; Selmer L., born May 5, 1898; Ruth C., born August 16, 1904. In 1882 Mr. Golberg and wife adopted Lydia Strum and have reared her as their own daughter. The Golberg family is one of the oldest and most
highly respected in this portion of the county, and have been uniformly successful in whatever line of endeavor they have undertaken.
Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many of its pioneers, citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1910.
This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/bios/mnbios/
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