AMUND ZACHARIASSEN BERBERG

Utreist med/Emigrated on:

Utreist til/Emigrated to: .Palmyra Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Amund Zachariassen Berberg:   He was born Nov 14, 1831 on the farm Berberg. His parents were Zacharias Olsen and Magnhild Simonsdatter.
Amund married Anne Kirstine Olsdatter and they had five children.

Samuel, born April 20, 1858
Mariane, born March 31, 1859
Othilde, born July 26, 1861
Jane, born Dec 2, 1863
Lovise, born Oct 11, 1866

He married again around 1868 to Anne Kerstine Christensdatter and they had at least four children.

Sophie, born May 12, 1869
Claire, Nov 27, 1874
Otto Augustus, born July 7, 1874
Essie Gertrude, born July 10, 1880

Amund was a brother of Simon Zachariassen Berberg, who emigrated in 1844 and also of Ole Zachariassen Berberg, who emigrated with him in 1847. Also their sister Kari emigrated in 1847.

Their parents Zacharias Olsen and Magnild Simonsdatter married in 1807 in Gjerpen. Zacharias was the son of Ole Amundsen and Gunhild Zachariasdatter and Magnhild was the daughter of Simon Gregoriusen Lund and Karen Kirstine Jacobsdatter. Zacharias died Jan 28, 1842 on Berberg and Magnhild died February 13, 1846.
Zacharias and Magnhild had the following children, all born on Berberg in Gjerpen.

Gunnil, born 1808
Karen, born 1810
Ingeborg, born 1812, married Oct 3, 1839 to Jacob Andersen Kaasen from Solum.
Maren, born 1814
Simon, born 1817
Simon, born 1821, emigrated in 1844
Ole, born 1823, emigrated in 1847
Kirstine, born 1826
Amund, born 1831

1997 - Skien Genealogical page - by Jan Christensen