Bio for SALGE, Bertha Augusta (STERN) (b.1883 d.1963), Mower Co., MN

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Child of Ferdinand and Albertina Sukow Stern



BERTHA STERN SALGE



  Bertha Augusta Stern was born on January 4, 1883 in Wurow, Kreis 

Regenwald, Koslin, Pommern, Prussia the third child and second daughter 

of Ferdinand and Albertina Stern.  She came with her parents and siblings 

to the United States, emigrating and coming to Mower County, Minnesota in 

April 1885 at the age of two.  She spent her childhood and adolescence in 

rural Mower County on the family farm.  She was confirmed in the Lutheran 

faith at Trinity Lutheran Church in 1896.

  In June 1903 Bertha married William Salge. William was born in Indiana 

in 1868, and the census lists his occupation as "carpenter".  Their home 

was in Austin, in the same block as her parents home, after Ferdinand and 

Albertina moved off of the family farm in 1919.  Later Bertha's sister 

Elsie and husband would live there.  Bertha and William became the 

parents of four sons and two daughters.  

  William died on July 1, 1946 and Bertha died on December 5, 1963.  They 

are buried in Oakland cemetery in Austin.



Mower County Transcript June 3, 1903 pg 3, col 2 Marriage License William 

H. Salge and Bertha Stern        

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