COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Biographical File regarding Charles Berg
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Bio 2474
Item Description:
Berg, Charles - Biographical information for Charles Ray Berg; "Charles R. Berg", no published source, n.d. [also see Star Valley Independent, Apr. 16, 1947]
Date:
Undated
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born: May 1, 1878, Eden, Weber Co., Utah [or Stockholm (Sweden) or Norway, or at Stockholm (Sweden)]
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buried: Afton Cemetery (Memorial ID: 31434258) at Afton (Lincoln Co., Wyo.)
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emigrated with his father to America (1885) - landed in Boston (Mass.)
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moved to Salt Lake City (Utah - 1885)
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left home (o/a 1888) - road trains across United States - later around world
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hobby: traveling - with Oz Gardner and Ira Bennion hunted in Star Valley (Lincoln Co., Wyo. - 1890)
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vocations: carpentry, ranching in Star Valley and operating shoe store in Afton and Evanston
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Berg, Mrs. Clara Eggleston (wife, born: Apr. 10, 1883 - married: May 13, 1903 - died: Apr. 28, 1938 (age:55) - buried: Afton Cemetery at Afton, Wyo.)
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4 children: Roy Low, Beatrice, Ezra and Arling
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retired in Evanston (Uinta Co.)
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L. D. S. Church member
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died: Apr. 12, 1947 (age: 69), at Coalville (Utah)
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