DIMBERG, Harold J. and Gladys Vandervelde, Big Stone Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other MN related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the Co. and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this Co.. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Isabel Vandervelde > > vancedv@msn.com Submitted: Jun 2003 ========================================================================= Descendants of John Dimberg Generation No. 1 1. JOHN (1) DIMBERG was b.Sweden, and d.United States. He married CAROLINA UNKNOWN in Sweden. She was b.Apr 19,1823 Sweden d.Feb 10,1895 Burnett Co. WI. Notes for JOHN DIMBERG: John Dimberg owned 160 acres at 11 38N 19W in Burnett Co. WI for which he signed in Feb 20,1877. Notes for CAROLINA UNKNOWN: The death and burial record of Carolina Dimberg is found in the records of Burnett Co. WI, which give her birth date as 19 Apr 1823 and her death date 10 Feb 1895. No other records are listed.This is from a list in the U.S.Genweb project for Burnett Co. WI. More About CAROLINA UNKNOWN: Burial: 1895, Burnett Co. WI Child of JOHN DIMBERG and CAROLINA UNKNOWN is: 2. i. JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 DIMBERG, b.Mar 1863 Sweden d.Mar 27,1927 Big Stone Co. MN Generation No. 2 2. JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 DIMBERG (JOHN (1) ) b.Mar 1863 Sweden d.Mar 27,1927 Big Stone Co. MN He married MARY SMESTAD Feb 08,1896 Burnett Co. WI daughter of FATHER SMESTAD and UNKNOWN. She was b.Dec 1873 Norway d.Jun 01,1934 Big Stone Co. MN Notes for JOSEPH ALEXANDER DIMBERG: Joseph is found in the 1900 U.S.Census of Almond Twp. Big Stone Co. MN In this entry,134/143, Joseph has been married 4 years to Mary (Smestad) who has 2 children with 2 alive. Joseph was b. Sweden, and came to America in 1887, owns his farm free of mortgage, speaks English, has been in Co. 12 years. In his household: Mary age 26, from Norway, been here 25 years (wife) Arthur age 3 b.1896 (Oldest son) Harold b.1898 age 1 (2nd son) Alfred Magnuson age 20 (a hired hand) C---------- (illegible) Smestad.b. Iowa, age 20 (his wife's sister) parents b. Norway. She works as a servant. In the 1910 census: Joseph age 43 has been married 14 years, naturalized in 1890, b.Sweden Wife Marie, 36, has 5 children, 5 living. Aruthur age 13 Harold age 11 Paul W. age 8 Marie E. age 4 John O. 6 months In the 1920 census: Joseph A. age 52 came here in 1887 b.Sweden Marie age 46 came her in 1875 b.Norway Arthur M. 23 Laborer Harold J. 21 Laborer (Paul has died) Marie E. age 14 John O. age 10 Gustaf Oberge age 29 a boarder a laborer Joseph Alexander Dimberg is found in the pre-1907 marriage lists of Burnett Co. WI, marrying on Feb 8,1896. Joseph d. 1927. More About JOSEPH ALEXANDER DIMBERG: Burial: Big Stone Co. MN Notes for MARY SMESTAD: Mary is later listed as Marie. In 1900 Census, say she was b.Dec 1873 age 26 married 4 years has 2 children 2 living. Her sister Cl--------(illegible) Smestad lives with the family. In the 1910 Census, she is 36, married 14 yrs, 5 children 5 living, b.Norway. Her sister no longer lives with the family. All five of her children are alive. The 1920 Census shows the loss of little Paul William, who died in 1913. In 1930, the census shows: Mary Dimberg at 24/24, head of the house, age 56, widowed John O. age 20 (youngest son) John Johnson age 57 (nephew) Arthur Newman, age 50 b.WI a farm laborer (a lodger) Ava Lushinger a school teacher (a boarder) Mary/Marie lived till 1934. More About MARY SMESTAD: Burial: Big Stone Co. MN Children of JOSEPH DIMBERG and MARY SMESTAD are: 3. i. ARTHUR 3 DIMBERG, b.Dec 07,1896 Big Stone Co. MN d.Mar 16,1985 Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. MN 4. ii. HAROLD J. DIMBERG b.Jun 08,1898 Big Stone Co. MN d.Apr 01,1986 Big Stone Co. MN iii. PAUL WILLIAM DIMBERG b.Abt. 1899 Big Stone Co. MN d.Dec 05,1913 Big Stone Co. MN Notes for PAUL WILLIAM DIMBERG: There is no mention of the cause of death of this son. More About PAUL WILLIAM DIMBERG: Burial: Big Stone Co. MN 5. iv. MARIE E. DIMBERG, b.Oct 15,1905 Big Stone Co. MN d.Jun 13,1974 Big Stone Co. MN v. JOHN OLIVER DIMBERG, b.Sep 23,1909 Almond Twp. Big Stone Co. MN d.Mar 20,1993 Almond Twp. Big Stone Co. MN m. LILLIE CHRISTINE UNKNOWN b.Jul 28,1909 d.Nov 30,1989 Big Stone Co. MN Notes for JOHN OLIVER DIMBERG: This youngest son is found first in the 1910 census at age 6 mo. In he 1920 census he is age 10, and in the 1930 census, lives at age 20 with his widowed mother. Apparently the rest of the family did not associate with him, or he did not associate with them, because Vance had never heard of him. His wife is known only from the MN Death Certificates. They were not married before the 1930 census. It is not known if they had children, as of Jun 2003. Generation No. 3 3. ARTHUR 3 DIMBERG (JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 , JOHN 1 ) b.Dec 07,1896 Big Stone Co. MN d.Mar 16,1985 Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. MN He married EDITH CHRISTINE UNKNOWN 1922. She was b.Feb 03,1896 d.Aug 13,1965 Minneapolis, Hennepin Co. MN Child of ARTHUR DIMBERG and EDITH UNKNOWN is: i. CURTIS A. 4 DIMBERG b.1930. 4. HAROLD J. 3 DIMBERG (JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 , JOHN 1 ) was b.Jun 08,1898 Big Stone Co. MN d.Apr 01,1986 Big Stone Co. MN He married GLADYS VANDERVELDE Oct 15,1924 Big Stone City, Grant Co. South Dakota, daughter of THOMAS VANDERVELDE and CORA PORTER. She was b.Mar 08,1903 Big Stone City SD d.Oct 12,1990 Ortonville MN Notes for HAROLD J. DIMBERG: Harold had three children, the second a daughter Amaryllis who died as a child.In an effort to replace their dead daughter, they had a third child, Joseph Van, who died following a simple hernia operation at age at about age 31. More About HAROLD J. DIMBERG: Burial: Big Stone Co. MN More About GLADYS VANDERVELDE: Burial: Big Stone Co. MN Children of HAROLD DIMBERG and GLADYS VANDERVELDE are: 6. i. HAROLD J. JR.4 DIMBERG b.Apr 22,1926 Big Stone Co. MN ii. AMARYLLIS DIMBERG b.Apr 18,1929 Big Stone Co. MN d.Dec 25,1934 Big Stone Co. MN Notes for AMARYLLIS DIMBERG: Little Amaryllis was doted on by the family because there was a lack of girl babies in the Dimberg family. She died of pneumonia, and the family grieved, but consoled themselves because a few years later the country school she would have been attending was destroyed in a fierce tornado, and the children were killed. They felt some consolation believing that she would have d.in the storm. 7. iii. JOSEPH (VAN) DIMBERG b.Jun 10,1937 Big Stone Co. MN d.Jan 01,1968 Big Stone Co. MN 5. MARIE E.3 DIMBERG (JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 , JOHN 1 ) was b.Oct 15,1905 Big Stone Co. MN d.Jun 13,1974 Big Stone Co. MN She married LESTER F. PROPP 1928 in Big Stone Co. MN He was b.Jul 20,1893 Iowa d.Nov 08,1969 Big Stone Co. MN Notes for MARIE E. DIMBERG: Marie E. is first found in the 1910 Census with the family. She is the fourth child, age 4. She is found again with the family in the 1920 Census with the family, third child in this census because little Paul has died. She is age 14. In the 1930 Census, she is found at 28/28, married to Lester F. Propp. At this census they have no children and have been married two years. They later have 2 sons, who knew and played with Vance Vandervelde when he stayed with his Aunt Gladys and Uncle Harold. Rusty took us to see them when we visited there in the 1990s. Children of MARIE DIMBERG and LESTER PROPP are: i. SON 4 PROPP ii. SECOND SON PROPP Generation No. 4 6. HAROLD J. JR.4 DIMBERG (HAROLD J.3 , JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 , JOHN 1 ) b.Apr 22,1926 Big Stone Co. MN He married (1) BARBARA UNKNOWN 1951 Big Stone Co. MN He married (2) ELLEN MILDRED ROTHMANN Oct 04,1953 Clearwater, MN Notes for HAROLD J. JR. DIMBERG: Always called "Junior" by the family, he was quite tall, probably about 6'3" and he looks very much like the Porter brothers, his mother's uncles. He had a bad stammering problem as a youth. His second marriage, to Ellen, was normal, with Ellen taking on the role of wife, farm helper, and soon mother. Notes for BARBARA UNKNOWN: Barbara and Harold Junior were married, but the marriage was soon annuled. Child of HAROLD DIMBERG and BARBARA UNKNOWN is: i. ANNULMENT 5 . Children of HAROLD DIMBERG and ELLEN ROTHMANN are: ii. HAROLD RUSSEL (RUSTY)5 DIMBERG b.Jun 25,1954 iii. DAWN ELLEN DIMBERG b.Apr 09,1957 m.WILLIAM BELING,1992 iv. ALAN PAUL DIMBERG b.Jan 14,1963 m.SHARON MARIE KARELS,1984 v. BRIAN JON DIMBERG b.Jun 07,1956 m.LISA ANDREA UNDERWOOD,Unknown 7. JOSEPH (VAN)4 DIMBERG (HAROLD J. 3 , JOSEPH ALEXANDER 2 , JOHN 1 ) b.Jun 10,1937 Big Stone Co. MN d.Jan 01,1968 Big Stone Co. MN He married THORDYS KAY MORTENSON Abt. 1960 in MN Notes for JOSEPH (VAN) DIMBERG: Called Van by the family, this son was another tall, handsome Porter-look-alike. He died recovering from a hernia operation at age 31. Children of JOSEPH DIMBERG and THORDYS MORTENSON are: i. LORELEI ANN 5 DIMBERG b.Sep 08,1961 ii. GREGORY LEE DIMBERG b.Mar 12,1963 iii. DOUGLAS SCOTT DIMBERG b.Mar 05,1965 Big Stone Co. MN d.Nov 30,1988 USS Nimitz, at sea. iv. JEFFREY (VAN) DIMBERG b.1967