PHOTOS FROM GLASS NEGATIVES

ANNA (HENSCHEL) BERG


Anna (Henschel) Berg

From Calumet county marriage records:
Julius Berg and Anna Marg. Henschel (v.3 p.244)
Married March 1, 1899 in civil ceremony, Town of New Holstein
Julius Berg
Son of Jacob Berg and Caroline Theobald
Cheese maker at Ahnapee, Kewaunee County
Born Ahnapee, Kewaunee County
Anna Marg. Henschel
Daughter of Herman Henschel and Mary Maurer
Born Town of Russell, Sheboygan County

KATIE (VOELKER) BERG


Katie (Voelker) Berg

Katie Voelker married Wendel Berg on May 29, 1879 at St. Anna, 
Town of New Holstein, Calumet County

LIZZIE (DEXHEIMER) BERG


Lizzie (Dexheimer) Berg and Company

From Calumet county marriage records:
Nicolaus Berg and Lizzie Dexheimer (v.2 p.58)
Nov. 17, 1881 in civil ceremony in City of Chilton
Nicolaus Berg
Son of Wm. and Magdalen Berg
Saloon keeper in Town of Ranhoul, Calumet County
Lizzie Dexheimer
Daughter of George and Lizzie Dexheimer
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From Calumet county death records:
Nicholas H. Berg (v.9 p.58)
March 25, 1859-July 31, 1932
Husband of Elizabeth
Parents are marked as unknown
Born Ashford, Wisconsin –clerk for Hilbert Village, 34 years
Died from “carcinoma of liver –arteriosclerosis 
   –arteriosclerotic nephrites”
Buried at Potter Cemetery, Calumet County

WILHELMINE (DONATH) BERG


Wilhelmine (Donath) Berg

WILHELMINE (DONATH) BERG


Wilhelmine (Donath) Berg

Marriage of Ernst Berg and Wilhlemine Donath. Married Dec. 6, 1881 at 
Reformed Church, Town of Schleswig. Ernst was a son of Ernst and Caroline 
Berg and was born in Prussia.
Wilhelmine Donath was born in Wisconsin of Frederick and Johanna Donath.
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Wilhelmina Berg nee Donath (v.45 p.387)
Widow of Ernst Berg
Jan. 22, 1861-Oct. 19, 1940
Daughter of Frederick Donath and Johanna Koinke 
   (both born Germany)
Born Kiel
Died from “bronchial pneumonia”
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery
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Mrs. Minnie Berg Buried In Local Cemetery Wednesday
Mrs. Wilhelmina Berg, aged 79, widow of the late Ernst Berg, passed 
away at the Sheboygan Memorial Hospital on Saturday evening at 11:45, 
following an illness of 8 weeks.
The deceased nee Donath, a daughter of the late Frederick and Johanna 
(Koinke) Donath, was born in Kiel on January 22, 1861. Her marriage to 
Mr. Berg, a native of the town of Schleswig took place on December 6, 
1881 and the couple resided on the farm now owned by the Louis Lawrence 
family.  Mr. Berg passed away on January 2, 1929 and since then Mrs. 
Berg has resided with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar 
Luecke in Cleveland.
Five children were born of this union of whom a son Hugo passed away in 
Marshfield four years ago.
Survivors are three daughters and one son, Miss Ida Berg of Milwaukee, 
Mrs. Edgar (Lily) Luecke of Cleveland, and Mrs. Rudolph (Elsie) Graf of 
Kiel, and Eugene of Sheboygan, 9 grandchildren, and four great-granddaughters, 
three sisters and six brothers.
Funeral services were held from the Meiselwitz Funeral Home here this 
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 and at 2 o'clock services were held at the 
St. Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church with the Rev. E. L. Worthman 
in charge of the services. Interment was made in the family resting place 
in the Kiel Cemetery. - 1940
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Ernst Berg of this vicinity, died Wednesday, January 2 at 9 a.m. at the home
of his son, Eugene, at Sheboygan where he and his wife had gone for a few
days visit. He was born in Pommern, Germany, July 24, 1854, and at the age
of two came with his parents directly to Kiel where they lived on a farm 
about a mile and one-half north of  the city. On Dec. 6, 1881 he was united
in marriage to Miss Minnie Donath and the newly wedded couple moved on a 
farm owned by Mr. Berg's uncle on the north end of Fourth street, where they
lived for thirty years. While operating the farm he followed the carpenter
trade and when they sold that farm the couple moved to the Kircher farm in
Town Meeme where they lived for five years, after which they again moved on
a farm north of New Holstein. At the end of two years they moved to the home
of their daughter, Mrs. Ed. Luecke in town Herman, near Schwarzwald.
Besides his wife the deceased is survived by two sons, Eugene of Sheboygan,
and Hugo in Greenwood; and three daughters, Mrs. Rudolph Graf of this city,
Ida of Chicago, and Mrs. Ed. Luecke of Town Herman. Two brothers and two
sisters also survive.
Funeral services will be held from the Graf home at two o'clock Saturday
afternoon with interment in the Kiel cemetery. The Rev. ?. Saewert will
conduct the services.
(No newspaper named, 1929 handwritten on the obituary)
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From Sheboygan county death records:
Ernst Berg (v.31 p.433)
July 24, 1854 - Jan. 2, 1929
Husband of Minnie Donath
Son of Ernst Berg and Caroline Reseburg
Born Germany - carpenter