Bertha Olsdtr ESSE^[1]

1848 - 1905  (57 years)

• Name	Bertha Olsdtr ESSE
  Birth	23 Jan 1848	Ese, Tjugum Sogn, Leikanger Prestegjeld, Norway
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Mar 1905	Brookings, SD, USA
  Notes	The Jerdee surname was originally Gjerde. Apparently she and her husband Erick moved from WI to Freeborn Co., MN first, then were followed by Ole L and Brita Esse and all oftheir children. They then moved to SD and were followed by Betsy Esse Knudson and husband Hans.
  Person ID	I840	Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 May 2001

  
  

  Father	Ole Larsson ESSE,   b. 23 Jun 1818, Balestrand, Sogn, Norway d. 11 Apr 1896, Hayward Twp., Freeborn Co., MN, USA (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Brita Kristensdtr FJÆRSTAD,   b. 23 Jun 1820, Fjærstad, Tjugum Sogn, Leikanger Prestegjeld, Norway d. 17 Jan 1915, Ramsey Junction, Lansing Twp., Mower Co., MN (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1841	Leikanger Kirke, Norway
  Family ID	F335	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erick J. (GJERDE ->) JERDEE,   b. 14 Apr 1842, Sogn, Norway d. 11 Aug 1911, Brookings, SD, USA (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1864	Dane Co., WI, USA
  Children	1. Anne Christine JERDEE,   b. 26 Apr 1865, Dane Co., WI, USA d. Oct 1941, SD, USA (Age 76 years)   2. Helga JERDEE,   b. 29 May 1866, Dane Co., WI, USA   3. Hans JERDEE,   b. 16 Oct 1867   d. 5 Aug 1943 (Age 75 years)   4. Olaf Johan JERDEE,   b. 11 Aug 1869   5. Bertha Oline JERDEE,   b. 15 Dec 1870 or 15 Dec 1871, Freeborn Co., MN, USA   6. Caroline Josephine JERDEE,   b. 26 Sep 1874, SD, USA d. 2 May 1923, SD, USA (Age 48 years)   7. Gertrude Sofie JERDEE,   b. 26 Sep 1874   d. Nov 1981, SD, USA (Age 107 years)   8. Johanna Louise JERDEE,   b. 11 May 1876, Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., MN, USA d. 20 Sep 1948, Brookings, SD, USA (Age 72 years)   9. Edward B. JERDEE,   b. 22 Jan 1878   10. Jacob Norman JERDEE,   b. 15 Jan 1880   11. Ida JERDEE,   b. 4 May 1894   d. 10 Jun 1907 (Age 13 years)   12. Mary Amanda JERDEE,   b. 4 May 1894
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 1864 - Dane Co., WI, USA Death - 4 Mar 1905 - Brookings, SD, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  50th Anniversary of Ole L. and Brita Esse - parents of Kristen (C. O. Esse) ca 1891 Back row - Kari (Njøs Lindborg) Esse, Olina (Dahlen) Esse, Ole O. Esse, Sithone (Johnson) Esse, Eric Jerdee, Samuel Esse, Mary (Esse) Lea. Front row- C.O., Lars, Ole [1818-1896], Brita (Fjærstad) Esse [1820-1915], Bertha (Esse) Jerdee & Sithona (Esse) Hatleberg Lars married to Oline Kalvrud Dahlen C.O. married to Kari Njøs Lindborg/Lindberg Bertha married to Eric Gjerdee/Jerdee Sithone married to Simon Hatleburg (not pictured) Mary married to Ole Lea (not pictured) Ole O. married to Sithone Johnson Samuel married to Kari Skor (not pictured) Johanne married to Henry Helgreson (neither pictured)

  
  

• Sources

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