Ivar Gustav Berglund (1893 - 1978)

Born 6 Sep 1893 in Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nellie May (Bray) Berglund — married 27 Apr 1914 in Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, USA

Husband of Margaret Josephine (Gerew) Berglund — married 3 Jan 1927 in Colorado

Descendants

Died 16 Dec 1978 at age 85 in Englewood, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States

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Genealogically Defined

Biography

Ivar Berglund has Swedish ancestors

Ivar Gustav Berglund was born 6 September 1893, Lexington, Missouri to Nels F. Berglund and Hannah Christianson Berglund both imigrated from Sweden to America. Ivar Gustav died in Colorado on the 16th of December, 1978.^[1][2]

Ivar was five years old when his father Nels died, Nels had a hard life working in the coal mines.

1900 Census, Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri, Ivar was 7 years old.^[3]

1910 Census, Lexington Ward 4, Lafayette, Missouri, Ivar age 16, Occupation: farmer^[4]

In 1912, Ivar's mother Hannah died, Ivar was nineteen.

1st Marriage

27 April 1914 Ivar G. Berglund married Nellie May Bray^[5]

1915: Coal Miner and also worked general store in Lexington^[6]

1915 son Ivar Lawrence Berglund was born in Missouri^[7]

1916: fruit orchard possibly in Wyoming^[6] In 1917: Carpenter ^[6]

1917: Ivar G. Berglund registered for WWI on 5 June 1917, he stated he had a wife and child 2 years old, lived at 1358 Emerson, Denver, CO, worked at the Stockyards in Denver as a Common Laborer, he was born 6 September 1893, Lexington, MO, was tall, had brown eyes, and brown hair.^[8]

1917: son John Lavern Berglund was born in Colorado.^[9]

1919: son Richard Berglund born was born in Colorado.^[10][9]

1920 Census, Denver, Colorado, Ivar was 20, and a laborer at Dairy Farm^[9]

In 1921, all three boys became sick with diphtheria, they all were in the hospital, only Ivar L. and John revivied, Richard the youngest didn't make it. ^[11]

1925, Nellie became sick with double pneumonia and died.^[11]

1925: worked at Windsor Dairy ^[6]

2nd Marriage

3 January 1927, Denver, Colorado, Ivar G. Berglund married Margaret Josephine Gerew^[12]

1928 a daughter, Maxine Berglund was born.^[13]

1930,Census, Denver, Colorado: Ivor Bourgland, age 40, not employed, sp: Margaret, clerk at Dry Good Co. , child: Maxine age 2 [address: 2036 Downing, Colorado]^[13]

1932, son Robert Berglund was born.^[14]

1940 Census, Denver, Colorado: Ivar Berglund, age 44, Plant Worker, said he only had a 4th grade education.^[14]

1942, Iver Gustav Berglund filled out WWII Draft Registration Card, he was 42 years old ^[15]

Retired from Broadway Creamy^[6]

Death and Burial

Died 16 December 1978, Englewood, Colorado.^[16][2]

Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado, Grave 9, Section 29, Block 4, Lot 28^[16][17]

Sources

1. ↑ WWI Draft Registration
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch : 20 May 2014, Ivar Berglund, Dec 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
3. ↑ 1900 Census, Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri
4. ↑ 1910 Census, Lexington Ward 4, Lafayette, Missouri
5. ↑ Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002, Lexington, Lafayette, Missouri
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Personal recollection by J. Berglund
7. ↑ Missouri Birth Certificate of Ivar Lawrence Berglund
8. ↑ WWI Draft Registration Card 1917-1918 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZKJ-NWK : 13 March 2018), Ivar Agusta Berglund, 1917-1918; citing Denver City no 6, Colorado, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,561,842
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2X-CQP : accessed 14 December 2018), Ivar Berglund, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing ED 86, sheet 5A, line 45, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 159; FHL microfilm 1,820,159.
10. ↑ Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Burial Record for Richard Berglund, Wheat Ridge, CO, includes location of grave.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Personal recollection by Ivar L. Berglund
12. ↑ Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3T-5T6 : 10 December 2017), Ivar G Bergland and Margaret J Grew, 03 Jan 1927, Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing no. 106176, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,053.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} 1930 Census Denver, Colorado
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRDV-Z4X : 23 August 2018), Ivar Berglund, Tract 29, Denver, Election District G, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-81, sheet 5B, line 80, family 104, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 486.
15. ↑ United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-STHG : 8 November 2017), Iver Gustav Berglund, 27 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Burial Records, with location of grave-Grave 9, Section 29, Block 4, Lot 28
17. ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGS-ZF4H : 13 December 2015), Ivar Gustav Berglund, 1978; Burial, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States of America, Mount Olivet Cemetery; citing record ID 110022488, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110022488. Includes picture of Marker